@amarand measles is breaking bad quickly
Is there guidance on an MMR booster.. when I saw a travel nurse (before china trip) she told me MMR last only about 20 years.. so I got a booster..
Good point. I wonder if I should look into getting a booster shot. My 20 years of immunity expired about 30 years ago! Hmm. I don’t recall at what age I got my last booster. But suffice it to say, I was a kid. I’m a grandma now.
😸🙀
When there’s herd immunity, people don’t have to worry so much about such things. But due to anti-vaxxer stupidity there’s no longer decent herd immunity.
So, there is a recommended schedule for adult vaccines. All I have ever gotten are tetanus boosters and the annual flu vaccine. Funny, my doctor NEVER mentioned any need for others...
@Myrth @ucantstop_me @amarand I got a heap of boosters in Australia before I moved over to the US. Required for immigration.
@kaehlys @amarand @ucantstop_me @Myrth
I've been wondering if I should look into a booster, too. I've had Tdap boosters and I get flu every year, but I don't remember ever getting MMR as an adult.
@ucantstop_me @kaehlys @amarand @evistre
Adult chicken pox is horrible. I got chicken pox my freshman year of college.
@Myrth I had it when I was 5... don't want to revisit it as an adult. Hope my immunity holds.
@evistre @ucantstop_me @kaehlys @amarand
What’s really awful is shingles, which is caused by the chicken pox virus that apparently lies dormant in your body for decades after the chickenpox infection.
@ucantstop_me Same virus, IIRC. Def go get your shingles vax.
@Myrth @amarand @kaehlys @evistre
shit I just read that if you have never had C pox (which I never did) then if you come in contact with shingles you can develop CHICKEN POX.. wtf
I should probably get the shingles vax then..