Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC.

[Hestia]

162. That happened to me when I entered college as an adult - doctor didn't note in my chart that

I had had measles, but mom sure remembered it because we three older children had it at the same time. I went to the Health Dept. for free and got a MMR, along with a free tetanus update. This was around 1990.

Later, in 2008, I was told by my employer (health education with some access to patients) that if I couldn't prove I had ever had an MMR then I would need to get one. Phoned up the Health Dept. (they keep vax records forever!), faxed it over to me. Quite handy and a great resource of public funds.

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My issue with the article is the hyperbole of "Children Will Die!" Oh Nos!" Yes, children should be vaccinated; I wasn't aware that measles is that virulent. I personally do not remember having measles (chicken pox yes), and no one wants a child to be sick, but the sun will still rise tomorrow if a child does catch it. Yes, some children may die, which is horrifically sad and no one wants that, which is why the Health Dept.'s in the States do vaccinate in the first place. Those opportunities are there for the parents, low income or not. Free to anyone who walks in cannot be beat.

Public health officials should swoop down on the area, figure out who needs to be vaccinated and do a mass clinic for those who need to be vaccinated, adults included.

I understand that sometimes these outbreak are due to an influx of immigrants who have never been inoculated as a group and spread from there to children who parents didn't inoculate them.