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https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/04/29/measles-booster-shot-maryland/Doctors Say People Born In 1960s, 70s May Need Booster Shot As Over 700 Measles Cases Confirmed In US
By Kelsey Kushner
April 29, 2019 at 9:54 pm
BALTIMORE (WJZ) More than 700 cases of measles have been confirmed in the U.S.- and four of them are in Maryland. Its the highest level in the U.S. since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.
Now the question is whether or not people should be getting a booster shot or not.
Doctors said if someone has documentation showing they got two shots when they were younger- they should be safe from getting the contagious disease. Its people who were vaccinated in the early-to-mid 60s that might want to think about getting one.
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Doctors said adults vaccinated against the virus as children may only be partially immune. The people most at risk or the ones we worry about are the people born in the 60s-70s who mightve gotten one shot and also between 1963 to 1968 we were giving a different measles shot that we know was not effective, said Dr. Miriam Alexander, with LifeBridge Health.
Dr. Alexander said people born before 1989 may need a second booster shot because of the change in vaccine recommendations.
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uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Jokerman
(3,518 posts)I'm sure I had at least one shot as a kid but it was during the time period mentioned and I have no documentation.
As a school employee I was recently warned that if any cases were to occur in our school then all staff members will have to either provide proof of immunization or take a leave of absence.
still_one
(92,409 posts)vaccine. That is the recommended approach, since we are dealing with a live vaccine
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)I have a weak immune system.
nuxvomica
(12,444 posts)I remember people saying there were two kinds: "German" and "hard" measles. I caught one, the "hard" one, which I well remember as I had the chickon pox at the same time so I had two kinds of rashes, and was vaccinated for the "German" one. This was my understanding as a five- or six-year-old. So I'm not sure whether I need a vaccination.
ananda
(28,876 posts)It makes me glad I got the measles early
and developed immunity.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)When I went to work at a hospital in 1997, they did titers and found I had lost immunity and needed to be revaccinated some 33 years later. Its now 22 years later, and Im wondering if I should get another one.