[RICH1]

I'm in my 60s and remember having the measles inoculation many years ago, are we still protected from the Measles?
Evidently these Afghans are bringing in measles and other diseases and are free to enter towns near the Bases! I'm hoping to get a Doctor to respond but I'm sure some expert will tackle this question

[Koapaka]

Originally Posted by RICH1

I'm in my 60s and remember having the measles inoculation many years ago, are we still protected from the Measles?
Evidently these Afghans are bringing in measles and other diseases and are free to enter towns near the Bases! I'm hoping to get a Doctor to respond but I'm sure some expert will tackle this question

Not to worry, it seems to have disappeared all of a sudden like the normal flu did last year......from over1,000 cases the year before to 2 cases last year....url=https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html]Measles Cases and Outbreaks | CDC[/url]

[Two Bills]

According to Dr. Google, the measles vaccination is mostly good for life.
Fort McCoy is nearly 1400 miles from TV.
Think it's fairly safe to go out in public

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

According to Dr. Google, the measles vaccination is mostly good for life.
Fort McCoy is nearly 1400 miles from TV.
Think it's fairly safe to go out in public

Not quite that simple:

For Healthcare Professionals - Diagnosing and Treating Measles | CDC

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by RICH1

I'm in my 60s and remember having the measles inoculation many years ago, are we still protected from the Measles?
Evidently these Afghans are bringing in measles and other diseases and are free to enter towns near the Bases! I'm hoping to get a Doctor to respond but I'm sure some expert will tackle this question

Don't worry only the people who refuse to inoculated their children may get it.
We can't save everyone all I know is my children and grandchildren received the MMR vaccine practical along with polio.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

Don't worry only the people who refuse to inoculated their children may get it.
We can't save everyone all I know is my children and grandchildren received the MMR vaccine practical along with polio.

So, the only way to contract rubeola is from your unvaccinated children? Hmmmmmm.....

Clearly not my understanding of virology and epidemiology.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

So, the only way to contract rubeola is from your unvaccinated children? Hmmmmmm.....

Clearly not my understanding of virology and epidemiology.

My children and grandchildren have been inoculated for MMR. IF I have not been inoculated odds are I could get it. The disease is spread like Covid respiratory droplets.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

My children and grandchildren have been inoculated for MMR. IF I have not been inoculated odds are I could get it. The disease is spread like Covid respiratory droplets.

Are you asking me or telling me???

But FYI, prior to 1963 (when MMR became available), there were 4 million cases of measles/year. Now there are less than 1000.
Of course your grandchildren got vaccinated, it would be irresponsible of their parents to refuse it. However, there are other ways you can get measles, especially considering it is still common in other parts of the world. So be careful where you travel without getting re-vaccinated (unless you were born prior to 1957, in which case be VERY careful), or which foreign travelers you get close to. In either case, your risk of measles is extremely low, NOT "odds are I could get it"

[Byte1]

As a child, I had the measles, mumps, chicken pox, pneumonia and various other childhood illnesses. In those days, we did not get vaccinated for that stuff. I did get the polio vaccination via sugar cubes. So, I received my immunity by surviving the illnesses. Whether or not I still have the immunity, I guess an expert will tell. I have never had the flu as far as I can tell, but I also never get the flu vaccination. Maybe once I get it and (if) survive it, I might consider getting the flu shot in the future. I have been vaccinated for the Covid, but actually did it based on my spouse's medical condition. Even though I had the chicken pox, and I do not know whether the immunity would help dealing with shingles, I still got my shingles shot when I heard that a neighbor had a bad case of shingles. I have seen how it effects folks and how painful it is, so I was vaccinated.
Be careful about discussing "measles" or someone might get the idea of doing a "gain of function" study/experimentation on measles.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Byte1

As a child, I had the measles, mumps, chicken pox, pneumonia and various other childhood illnesses. In those days, we did not get vaccinated for that stuff. I did get the polio vaccination via sugar cubes. So, I received my immunity by surviving the illnesses. Whether or not I still have the immunity, I guess an expert will tell. I have never had the flu as far as I can tell, but I also never get the flu vaccination. Maybe once I get it and (if) survive it, I might consider getting the flu shot in the future. I have been vaccinated for the Covid, but actually did it based on my spouse's medical condition. Even though I had the chicken pox, and I do not know whether the immunity would help dealing with shingles, I still got my shingles shot when I heard that a neighbor had a bad case of shingles. I have seen how it effects folks and how painful it is, so I was vaccinated.
Be careful about discussing "measles" or someone might get the idea of doing a "gain of function" study/experimentation on measles.

If it ever became clinically relevant, you could get serum titers of antibodies to those illnesses. As far as shingles goes, having had chicken pox is a prerequisite for getting shingles, it in no way confers immunity against shingles, so you did the right thing by getting the vaccine

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Byte1

As a child, I had the measles, mumps, chicken pox, pneumonia and various other childhood illnesses. In those days, we did not get vaccinated for that stuff. I did get the polio vaccination via sugar cubes. So, I received my immunity by surviving the illnesses. Whether or not I still have the immunity, I guess an expert will tell. I have never had the flu as far as I can tell, but I also never get the flu vaccination. Maybe once I get it and (if) survive it, I might consider getting the flu shot in the future. I have been vaccinated for the Covid, but actually did it based on my spouse's medical condition. Even though I had the chicken pox, and I do not know whether the immunity would help dealing with shingles, I still got my shingles shot when I heard that a neighbor had a bad case of shingles. I have seen how it effects folks and how painful it is, so I was vaccinated.
Be careful about discussing "measles" or someone might get the idea of doing a "gain of function" study/experimentation on measles.

For many of us vaccines against Mumps, Measles, Whooping Cough were not yet available. In Columbus, Ohio in 1945 people were quarantined by the health department for these illnesses and there was a sign on your door. They did kill, and caused brain damage, and deafness. I am so grateful for all of the scientists who worked over all of the years to give us vaccines that can now save us from these and Shingles, and three kinds of pneumonia AND seasonal flu and now Covid. I will have my sleeve rolled up for the boosters for all if they are needed.

Salk and Sabin and Francis Crick are heroes to me like some have sports figures.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Byte1: the only way you CAN get shingles (herpes zoster), is if you first have chicken pox (varicella). If you've never had chicken pox, and don't get get chicken pox, you will never have shingles. Unfortunately, chicken pox is spread so easily that if you haven't been vaccinated for it, you have a very high likelihood or contracting it from someone else. Once you've had chicken pox, you are vulnerable to shingles for the rest of your life - UNLESS you vaccinate against it.

So it's good you did that.

I didn't have chicken pox when I was a kid, but I was vaccinated against it. My sister had chicken pox though. Having sores and blisters in her mouth and her "nethers" (imagine a 8-year-old kid needing to wipe themselves after going to the bathroom, but they have oozing blisters down there) was enough to convince my mom that a shot was probably the lesser inconvenience.

I did have an incredibly mild case of shingles many years ago, I thought it was ant bites. It was just a rash on my upper arm that itched and burned and went away on its own a couple of days later.

I got the Shingrix shot several years ago, as soon as I was old enough for insurance to cover the cost.

Got the MMR, the DPT (the older version of what is now known as Tdap), and polio vaccines all when I was a kid, and got some kind of booster of somethingorother in order to get into college. I got boosters on ALL the shots the CDC recommended for anyone who doesn't remember or know what they're immunized against, around the same time I got the Shingrix shot.

I get the flu shot every year now, didn't used to get it, but then I got the flu for the first time in my life, and decided a shot was the lesser of two evils.

If the CDC recommends an ADDITIONAL measles booster, I'll get that too. I don't enjoy getting shots, but I enjoy being sick even less than I enjoy getting shots. So - I get the shots.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

For many of us vaccines against Mumps, Measles, Whooping Cough were not yet available. In Columbus, Ohio in 1945 people were quarantined by the health department for these illnesses and there was a sign on your door. They did kill, and caused brain damage, and deafness. I am so grateful for all of the scientists who worked over all of the years to give us vaccines that can now save us from these and Shingles, and three kinds of pneumonia AND seasonal flu and now Covid. I will have my sleeve rolled up for the boosters for all if they are needed.

Salk and Sabin and Francis Crick are heroes to me like some have sports figures.

Back in the day, as a young child in Northern Minnesota in the 1950's, about the only vaccines at the time were for polio and smallpox. Whenever a kid in the community came down with measles, mumps or chicken pox, moms of kids who hadn't had the specific disease yet brought that kid over to be exposed, the logic being that it was better to have a sick kid when you were prepared for it than not. It was never a big deal; a few days off from school but that was about it--and for some reason if you had measles you had to stay in a darkened room, which was not fun. But nobody I knew ever died from those diseases or even got very sick.

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

For many of us vaccines against Mumps, Measles, Whooping Cough were not yet available. In Columbus, Ohio in 1945 people were quarantined by the health department for these illnesses and there was a sign on your door. They did kill, and caused brain damage, and deafness. I am so grateful for all of the scientists who worked over all of the years to give us vaccines that can now save us from these and Shingles, and three kinds of pneumonia AND seasonal flu and now Covid. I will have my sleeve rolled up for the boosters for all if they are needed.

Salk and Sabin and Francis Crick are heroes to me like some have sports figures.

AHA! Now I have an excuse.........

Originally Posted by RICH1

I'm in my 60s and remember having the measles inoculation many years ago, are we still protected from the Measles?
Evidently these Afghans are bringing in measles and other diseases and are free to enter towns near the Bases! I'm hoping to get a Doctor to respond but I'm sure some expert will tackle this question

You are justified to be concerned not just with Afghans entering the US but also the 2 million illegals entering the US from the southern border being dumped in unknown locations all over the US. A man in Pinellas County, Florida in 2019 was hospitalized from measles acquired from someone who came back from overseas. Who knows how many persons he was in contact with. I will listen to our physician regarding a measles vaccination for us.
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Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people last year after a decade-long failure to reach optimal vaccination coverage, resulting in the highest number of cases for 23 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in a joint report on Thursday.
The death toll in 2019 was 50 per cent higher than a historic low reached in 2016, and all WHO regions saw an increase in cases, adding up to a global total of 869,770.