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Measles has spread to where I am at. Other than a mask/Vaccine, what else can help protect against it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have no real trust in my local community (theres quite a few anti-vaccine people here).

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My healthcare provider had me tested for Measles antibodies because apparently that shit can wear off after 50 years in some people. I was still good with Mumps and Rubella, but was wide open to Measles. So I got an MMR vaccine (available at Walgreens, CVS, etc) and I’m good to go. So if you’re over 50, you might want to get tested or simply just ask your your doctor for their opinion about getting another shot.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago

adults born between 1963, when the first measles vaccine was approved, and 1968. During that period, some children received an inactivated (killed) measles vaccine that was less effective than the live vaccine.

People born before 1957 are considered to have “presumptive evidence” of immunity, because nearly everyone born during this period got the disease during childhood. But health-care workers born before 1957 who don’t have proof of immunity should consider getting the vaccine.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/should-you-get-a-measles-vaccine-booster

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccines/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fvpd%2Fmmr%2Fpublic%2Findex.html

Most of us who went to college that required the MMR are good for life according to the CDC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

I had the MMR when I was a kid then again before collage because it was easier than trying to find what happened to my pediatrician's records after they retired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Do we trust the CDC website right now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Yea that should be before the trump wipe. We can always look at the Internet archive.