re: #209 Rightwingconspirator

So took a look at this, thinking about a booster shot. I’m not sure which kind of vaccine I got in the early/mid 1960’s. Maybe a local minute clinic has it.

http://www.webmd.com/vaccines/adult-mmr-vaccine-guidelines?page=2

The CDC says adults at greater risk of measles or mumps should get two doses of MMR vaccine, the second one 4 weeks after the first. This includes adults who:

Have been exposed to measles or mumps or live in an area where an outbreak has happened
Are students in colleges or trade schools
Travel internationally
Work in health care
For measles, the CDC advises a second dose for adults who:

Were previously given a vaccine made with “killed” measles (instead of the live-type of vaccine used today)
Were given an MMR vaccine between 1963 and 1967, but there’s no record of what type.

Your county Public Health Nurse can also provide most vaccines and at a reduced cost. I was really impressed with the whole set-up when I had to take my son before we left the country for the first time (for a mission trip to South America).

I was also impressed with the number of young mothers in the waiting room. I had no idea how many relied on county services and wondered that without those services, what the health of the infants would be …