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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 16, 2018 2:21:36 GMT -5
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJ DOH) has issued yet another public health alert warning of potential measles exposure at Newark International Airport. The highly contagious disease was confirmed in an international traveler who arrived in Terminal B from Brussels and then departed for Memphis, Tennessee from Terminal C on March 12, 2018. The NJ DOH warns that the traveler, a young child, may have traveled to other areas of the airport, and, as such, anyone who was traveling at the airport between 12:45 PM and 9:00 PM on March 12 may have potentially been exposed to the disease. “Since measles is still common in many countries, travelers with continue to bring this disease into the United States,” Christina Tan, MD, MPH, state epidemiologist and assistant commissioner of the division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health at the NJ DOH told Contagion ®. One of the most contagious of all infectious diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 9 in 10 susceptible individuals with close contact to an infected individual will develop the disease. The best form of protection is to receive the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. “Almost everyone who has not had the MMR shot will get measles if they are exposed to the measles virus,” Dr. Tan warned. “The measles vaccine is very effective. One dose of measles vaccine is about 93% effective at preventing measles if exposed to the virus. Two doses are about 97% effective.” www.contagionlive.com/news/measles-rears-its-ugly-head-once-again-at-newark-international-airportGet your damn selves vaccinated!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 16, 2018 4:54:23 GMT -5
I might get stuck again if it starts turning up in more than just an airport here or there.
How long does the vaccine last?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 16, 2018 9:54:13 GMT -5
Life long protection.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 16, 2018 10:00:54 GMT -5
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJ DOH) has issued yet another public health alert warning of potential measles exposure at Newark International Airport. The highly contagious disease was confirmed in an international traveler who arrived in Terminal B from Brussels and then departed for Memphis, Tennessee from Terminal C on March 12, 2018. The NJ DOH warns that the traveler, a young child, may have traveled to other areas of the airport, and, as such, anyone who was traveling at the airport between 12:45 PM and 9:00 PM on March 12 may have potentially been exposed to the disease. “Since measles is still common in many countries, travelers with continue to bring this disease into the United States,” Christina Tan, MD, MPH, state epidemiologist and assistant commissioner of the division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health at the NJ DOH told Contagion ®. One of the most contagious of all infectious diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 9 in 10 susceptible individuals with close contact to an infected individual will develop the disease. The best form of protection is to receive the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. “Almost everyone who has not had the MMR shot will get measles if they are exposed to the measles virus,” Dr. Tan warned. “The measles vaccine is very effective. One dose of measles vaccine is about 93% effective at preventing measles if exposed to the virus. Two doses are about 97% effective.” www.contagionlive.com/news/measles-rears-its-ugly-head-once-again-at-newark-international-airportGet your damn selves vaccinated! The young passenger is scheduled to be released today from Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 16, 2018 10:02:48 GMT -5
I got the MMR vaccine when I was a kid. So... no need to get it again?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 16, 2018 10:05:00 GMT -5
I'm not a doctor, but maybe this will help.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 16, 2018 10:15:53 GMT -5
I'm not a doctor, but maybe this will help. Ken-you and I were born before 1957 when I think (?) the MMR vaccine became available. So we as kids probably got the single dose of the measles vcaccine. My next dr. appointment is in October I will ask about the vaccine and do I need a booster.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 16, 2018 10:21:28 GMT -5
Good point Tennesseer. I may have my childhood shot record in the box of important papers. I'll look later. On another point, I did get a yellow fever shot in reserves in the 80's. We figured it was about to expire and they wanted to give the medics practice, or send us somewhere.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 16, 2018 10:24:23 GMT -5
I got the MMR vaccine when I was a kid. So... no need to get it again? When were you born? If you are around my age (I was born in 1983) then no. If you are concerned at your next check up your doctor can do a titer to check for antibodies. If you're low enough they'll go ahead and give you another one.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 16, 2018 10:27:50 GMT -5
I was born in 1947.
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Post by bean29 on Mar 16, 2018 11:09:17 GMT -5
My state (Wisconsin) has a web site where you can go in and self check which vaccines you have received. I don't know how long it has been available, or where their records for older vaccines came from, but I was born in 1964 and my records were out there.
My Mother had a hand written record of my vaccines, and about 15 years ago I was working in a Department that had a lot of College Students. Two local colleges had Mumps outbreaks and one co-worker was actually quarantined. Mom's record did not show me having the Mumps vaccine, or it did not show me having two (I don't remember which). My OBGYN just have me another MMR to make sure...she did not bother doing a titer test.
My Son can not get into his state record on-line b/c there is some problem with a mismatch on his name/SS or some such thing. I asked him to call and get it fixed, but I doubt he ever did.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Mar 16, 2018 11:25:45 GMT -5
I had to get revaccinated when I went to college because I did not have records. I was glad to do it as I get older and realize some of the life time vaccines aren't.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Mar 16, 2018 11:52:02 GMT -5
I'm not a doctor, but maybe this will help. Ken-you and I were born before 1957 when I think (?) the MMR vaccine became available. So we as kids probably got the single dose of the measles vcaccine. My next dr. appointment is in October I will ask about the vaccine and do I need a booster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccineThe rubella was introduced after the mid-60s epidemic. I am a result of rubella, affected congenitally when my mother had it while pregnant with me. I consider myself lucky that it only affected my hearing and that I wasn't totally deaf. Many children whose mothers contracted it while pregnant during the epidemic were born with deafness, blindness, or cognitive problems. Many had a combination or all three.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 16, 2018 12:26:08 GMT -5
Ken-you and I were born before 1957 when I think (?) the MMR vaccine became available. So we as kids probably got the single dose of the measles vcaccine. My next dr. appointment is in October I will ask about the vaccine and do I need a booster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccineThe rubella was introduced after the mid-60s epidemic. I am a result of rubella, affected congenitally when my mother had it while pregnant with me. I consider myself lucky that it only affected my hearing and that I wasn't totally deaf. Many children whose mothers contracted it while pregnant during the epidemic were born with deafness, blindness, or cognitive problems. Many had a combination or all three. Sorry to read that about your hearing, Cheesy. You were lucky. So the earliest I could have received a measles vaccine was in 1963 when I was 12. I do remember getting a mild case of German measles when I was around 12 or 13. So maybe I got the vaccine after that. I don't remember getting a vaccine but I probably did. I know I received the smallpox vaccine from the 'scarring' on the pronged area. I will have to check with my doc the next time I visit.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 16, 2018 12:28:08 GMT -5
Thanks to Cheesy FL-Vol research I now know I couldn't have had these vaccinations as a child. My kids did. We caught these as kids and became immune. Now I'm remembering my mother and aunts mixing the infected one with the healthy ones so we'd all eventually be immune. As an older adult I've recently gotten the shingles and pneumonia vaccines. Sorry about your hearing Cheesy FL-Vol. I remember you saying that many years ago on the old board.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 16, 2018 12:30:25 GMT -5
Ditto on your last two vaccines, Ken.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 16, 2018 12:46:36 GMT -5
I got the MMR vaccine when I was a kid. So... no need to get it again? When were you born? If you are around my age (I was born in 1983) then no. If you are concerned at your next check up your doctor can do a titer to check for antibodies. If you're low enough they'll go ahead and give you another one. Titers aren't really necessary. If you weren't vaccinated, go ahead and get vaccinated. If you WERE vaccinated in the past, your body will treat a new vaccination as an exposure to MMR, and fight it. No harm done.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 16, 2018 14:18:38 GMT -5
I had to get revaccinated when I went to college because I did not have records. I was glad to do it as I get older and realize some of the life time vaccines aren't. I got revaccinated when I went to college because I thought it was urgent (according to the official letter I got from school) and my mom was out of town, so I couldn't ask if she had the paperwork. When I told her, she was pissed. She said that I was going to get sick from getting too many vaccines. It was 30 years ago, and I'm not dead yet.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 16, 2018 16:00:48 GMT -5
I had to get revaccinated when I went to college because I did not have records. I was glad to do it as I get older and realize some of the life time vaccines aren't. I got revaccinated when I went to college because I thought it was urgent (according to the official letter I got from school) and my mom was out of town, so I couldn't ask if she had the paperwork. When I told her, she was pissed. She said that I was going to get sick from getting too many vaccines. It was 30 years ago, and I'm not dead yet. Lol! That's not how it works, as you know. When I was in nursing school, we had to get revaccinated for just about everything! They weren't going to take any chances. I'm not dead yet, either.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Mar 17, 2018 6:31:03 GMT -5
Have no clue if I had vaccination but I do know I had measles in 1st grade followed by a bout of the mumps two months later. Missed a lot of school for a while.
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Post by lynnerself on Mar 17, 2018 18:05:02 GMT -5
When there was the last measles outbreak on the West coast my work (medical clinic) required every one to get vaccinated unless they could show their vaccination record or were born before 1957.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 17, 2018 18:09:26 GMT -5
When there was the last measles outbreak on the West coast my work (medical clinic) required every one to get vaccinated unless they could show their vaccination record or were born before 1957. Any idea why the year 1957 keeps popping up? What happened before 1957. Is it assumed everyone born before 1957 caught the measles and were now immune?
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Post by lynnerself on Mar 17, 2018 18:50:53 GMT -5
From the CDC website CDC considers you protected from measles if you have written documentation (records) showing at least one of the following:
You received two doses of measles-containing vaccine, and you are a(n)— school-aged child (grades K-12) adult who will be in a setting that poses a high risk for measles transmission, including students at post-high school education institutions, healthcare personnel, and international travelers.
You received one dose of measles-containing vaccine, and you are a(n)— preschool-aged child adult who will not be in a high-risk setting for measles transmission.
A laboratory confirmed that you had measles at some point in your life. A laboratory confirmed that you are immune to measles. You were born before 1957.
I know I was born before then and had the measles.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 17, 2018 22:40:38 GMT -5
Thanks, Lynn.
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