Magat grandbabies with measles.
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Apparently the outbreak is centered in a Mennonite community that doesn’t believe in vaccines.
Thus explaining why there are so few Mennonite communities.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the nation’s major measles outbreak is “not unusual,” as a child who was not vaccinated died from the virus in West Texas.
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@ShiroKuro If you had the two shot series you are covered for life.
Meanwhile, the CDC has cancelled two vaccine-related meetings in less than a week.
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I was just reading today that there’s concern adults vaccinated many years ago might become more at risk over time as antivaxx sentiment grows. It did say boosters might become necessary at some point but it went short of recommending them now. I’m not even sure how available they are.
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I know there have been sporadic outbreaks of mumps in vaccinated college age kids. And that natural immunity is more long-lasting than vaccine-triggered immunity.
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-so-many-college-students-are-coming-down-mumps
How long do vaccines last?
If anyone is worried about their protection, there is an MMR titer you can have done.
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Didn't take long.
A top spokesman in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly resigned over reports of internal clashing over the management by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and escalating health emergencies.
"I want to announce to my friends and colleagues that last Friday I announced my resignation effective immediately," Thomas Corry, who served as U.S. assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS, announced Monday via LinkedIn.
The quick exit was prompted due to growing dissent over RFK Jr.'s management style and the influence of his new principal deputy chief of staff, Stefanie Spear, Politico reported. Spear is a longtime Kennedy aide and press secretary during his ill-fated 2024 presidential run in which he bowed out to endorse Trump.
"To my colleagues at HHS, I wish you the best and great success," Corry said.
He served in the first Trump administration in similar roles at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as senior adviser and director of communications.
Corry resigned less than two weeks after his appointment.
He wrote last month after he was sworn in again that he was "thankful that I'll be part of the team that is going to work to make America healthy again, and on making healthcare more affordable and accessible."
But he reportedly grew uneasy with Kennedy's hushed response to a growing measles outbreak in Texas which, so far, has infected at least 146 people and saw its first American death from the virus in at least 10 years, according to Politico.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-leadership-style-growing-222019527.html
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@Steve-Miller loloL very good
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Interview with parents of the 6 year old who died.
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What I read is that if you were born before 1957, you don't need to be vaccinated, because you got measles as a kid, and that was your vaccination. If you are unsure if you ever had measles, or if you are going into a situation where you want to be certain of immunity, you can get a booster.
I remember having measles--everyone got it, but I never got the mumps. My brother got mumps, and I remember the hysteria in our household that he could be rendered sterile by that disease. Apparently that was a not uncommon side effect. (Moot issue since he is gay and never wanted children.)
I seem to remember that Rubella was considered much more dangerous than what most of us got. Maybe Rubella is what is spreading in Texas?
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Rubella is "German measles" or "three-day measles". It's really mild I kids but if a pregnant woman gets it there's an increased risk of miscarriage or something called congenital rubella syndrome.
Mumps in adult men can result in sterility.
The outbreak in Texas is regular measles.
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Hmmm. I had 2week measles as a kid, but never had 3 day measles.
I wonder - should I get a jab?
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German measles can be so mild that you might have had it and didn’t know it.
You can have a titer done to see what your immunity is. Or isn’t.
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/rubella-test-antibodies
https://www.medicinenet.com/can_adults_get_rubella/article.htm
