I wasn’t making an argument, I was responding to the question of whether they might have been exposed a dozen or more times. It’s increasingly likely, but in past years much less so.
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In other words, can’t necessarily be certain we’ve all got a lot of protection resulting from past exposure.
apr 28, 2025, 2:38 pm • 0 0 • view
I shared my 1963 date mainly to add to the possibility of exposure in the years before measles nearly vanished. I agree “a dozen” was still probably excessive as a guess.
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Honestly I don’t know, can’t hurt to get a booster for those of us born before it was a 2 shot series. The vast majority of people getting sick were unvaccinated.
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Yes, most were unvaccinated, but there are some few who had 1 vaccine in the series and experienced a breakthrough infection. Measles can decimate immunity to other infections by way of immune amnesia and possibly cause fatal SSPE months-years later. www.uclahealth.org/news/article...
apr 28, 2025, 3:49 pm • 1 0 • view
To clarify, I got a full MMR course in 1985, based on assuming I hadn’t gotten any of them. Recently, I saw a signed statement from my preschool pediatrician, telling me I got the measles vaccine the first year it was available. So I’m sturdy unless 40 years since the last round is too long.
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