Posted on 02/14/2019 4:00:48 PM PST by tkocur
Actually there’s a movement to revax everyone who had measles vaccines as kiddo/teens. Because at 50 we aren’t immune anymore.
So, not lifetime.
Realistically vax immunity seriously wanes after 10 years.
Had your tetanus booster lately? :)
Well I posted the link. It was from three days ago on People
actually she is correct having the measles does confer lifelong immunity. Same for chickenpox and mumps. It also travels the placenta and provided immunity for infants up to about 8 to 12 months.
These diseases although uncomfortable, are not for most, in any way life threatening. When I was young, kids all had these diseases. They were cared for by their moms, and doctor came to the house to visit. We had time off and I think the down time of the illnesses was a good time for children to learn to be with themselves and be patient.
Children who went through these diseases looked older I thing it matured them.
I made sure my children all had chickenpox.
Brigham and Women’s is a solid outfit. However, the replication rate of medical studies, regardless of where they’re done, is terrifyingly low. And then there’s the correlation vs. causation thing.
I think I’ll reduce my risk of ovarian cancer through clean living.
True.
But the lady wasn’t wrong about there being studies.
It’s a shame there aren’t any followups or the desire for such.
With a bazillion kids your risk of ovarian cancer is pretty low to begin with LOL.
Measles does give lifelong immunity. And there is very little risk to a healthy child. Everyone knew that years ago. The MMR on the other hand, has caused countless children to spin into autism spectum oblivion. In the state of NJ, the rate is something like 1/40 boys. This is a looking catastrophy. Measles was NEVER a catastrophy.
Total nonsense...
I’ve got news for you, anti-vax screeds from people in the orbit of major administration officials is jarring. That is the sort of little factoid that will stick with a voter who isn’t really into politics but reads about it in their doctor’s office in the waiting room magazines.
They call that a rant? Sounds like she’s just throwing in her two cents like everyone else.
Colon cancer runs in my family, but I’ve had regular colonoscopies starting at age 40, and none of my polyps has been anything serious.
Remember Congressman Billybob, the early FReeper who died from complications of colon cancer surgery, poor fellow. He was about my age.
I was vaccinated against rubella in 1980 and measles in 1986. Four or five years ago, I was tested and still have high titres. So I am comfortable with my level of immunity.
I don’t know about the mumps, though.
I’ve been trying to get the shingles vaccine for almost a year now. I had chicken-pox as a child but as being over 50, I’m at risk for shingles now. Unfortunately, the vaccine has been difficult for me to find.
I remember Congressman BillyBob. I miss him too.
Some interesting research lately on fasting and lower colon cancer risk.
My issue with colonoscopy is the instrument can’t be cleaned appropriately between patients. And how well it is cleaned depends on the not very well paid techs, not an autoclave that just hums along on a timer.
I am a Boomer, was vaccinated but never came down with the measles. I did get the mumps and chicken pox.
I did have all three and remember it.
The three-day-measles! The itch!
According to the CDC, more than 70,000 measles cases were prevented in the US between 1994 and 2013 as a result of vaccines.
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How can they quantify that?
It’s like obama saying how many millions of jobs he “saved”.
I’ve had multiple MMR’s over the past 25 years.
Zero titers.
I’d probably have been better off getting them as a kiddo, neither of my parents or any of their cousins or siblings had any issues at all with M, M, or R.
I’ve just heard rumblings through my grapevine that the ‘suggestion’ to revax most all adults with MMR isn’t long off.
Chicken pox and a couple of other viruses have been associated with higher risk of MS, although I don’t know how strong the link is. It makes sense, since chicken pox virus stays in nerves after the active disease clears, and MS is a nerve disease.
“Shine went on to claim that she had measles, mumps and chicken pox as a child “and so did every kid I knew.”
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I wonder if she’s ever heard of Shingles?
Huh. I got my first one about three years ago, I think, and it was being advertised at every pharmacy, no cost if you’re no Medicare (but about $140, iirc, if you were paying cash).
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