I contracted measles as a child. (I’m old.) I’ll never again get the measles. There are frequent breakthrough cases of atypical measles in vaccinated individuals.
I contracted measles as a child. (I’m old.) I’ll never again get the measles. There are frequent breakthrough cases of atypical measles in vaccinated individuals.
I know of no one who has gotten the measles who was vaccinated. So statistically, that might be true, but empirically, as in from my experience, it's not. And I'm right at that age where I know very few people who were unvaccinated for measles and other common childhood ailments, though I wish they had had a chicken pox vaccine. I would have gladly rather had it than chicken pox (and the risk later on of shingles). My experience was not good, three weeks out of school. Many people have had shingles in my family. It's miserable. I was overjoyed that my sister vaccinated my niece. At least she never has to experience that. And my sister vaccinated my niece even though she herself was only barely sick with chicken pox and only got one little pock on her forehead, or something silly like that. But she still faces the possibility of shingles later in life. I'm tired of this nostalgia of the "childhood rite" diseases. Why would you bring on that misery if you could avoid it?
I got my MMR vaccine in the early 70s and ended up contracting measles in 2015 during the "Disneyland Outbreak". It was posited by the infectious disease physician who treated me that I may have received my MMR dose from the faulty batch produced in the late 60s, but who knows?
They survived them because they previously had them. Their body was ready to mount a quick defense. The same thing would have happened if they had had the vaccine. Yes, there are some diseases where the vaccine is well worth the risk. I'm for letting people make the decision themselves, but I'm not for looking at the past through rose-colored glasses.
I contracted measles as a child. (I’m old.) I’ll never again get the measles. There are frequent breakthrough cases of atypical measles in vaccinated individuals.
I know of no one who has gotten the measles who was vaccinated. So statistically, that might be true, but empirically, as in from my experience, it's not. And I'm right at that age where I know very few people who were unvaccinated for measles and other common childhood ailments, though I wish they had had a chicken pox vaccine. I would have gladly rather had it than chicken pox (and the risk later on of shingles). My experience was not good, three weeks out of school. Many people have had shingles in my family. It's miserable. I was overjoyed that my sister vaccinated my niece. At least she never has to experience that. And my sister vaccinated my niece even though she herself was only barely sick with chicken pox and only got one little pock on her forehead, or something silly like that. But she still faces the possibility of shingles later in life. I'm tired of this nostalgia of the "childhood rite" diseases. Why would you bring on that misery if you could avoid it?
I got my MMR vaccine in the early 70s and ended up contracting measles in 2015 during the "Disneyland Outbreak". It was posited by the infectious disease physician who treated me that I may have received my MMR dose from the faulty batch produced in the late 60s, but who knows?
I only know of one person who got natural immunity and got measles again. And survived them at an older age.
They survived them because they previously had them. Their body was ready to mount a quick defense. The same thing would have happened if they had had the vaccine. Yes, there are some diseases where the vaccine is well worth the risk. I'm for letting people make the decision themselves, but I'm not for looking at the past through rose-colored glasses.