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All my kids had the MMR however there appears to be a number of cases in Wales, where we live. Does the fact that the children have had the MMR mean they’re absolutely protected or will they need a single measles booster??
When my eldest was 5 or six there was an outbreak of measles and she had to have a measles booster despite already having the MMR.
Cheers!
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MMR will give them a high level of protection but ask your GP if he thinks a booster would help
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There’s some waning immunity from the MMR, usually most people at high risk have their immunity checked (ie. hospital workers, immune supressed, etc)
Do you know why theres an increase in MMR though? A bogus connection that was discovered between MMR and autism, has caused many parents to halt vaccinating their children, leading to many in the population that are now completely non immune. The concept of herd immunity (that if most of the population is vaccinated the disease can't run rampant becasue there's very few to infect), is now gone, and theres now a reservoir of people for measles.
Many people on these forums are strong defenders of this possible “connection” and urge you not to get your children vaccinated, unfortunately, this is the consequence. Its a reality we're going to have to live with for the coming years.
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Kids are protected from Rubella measles with the vaccine, but there are Regular Measles too. Kids are still at risk for that. Babies get Roseola which is another form of measles but not serious. So there are many types of measle viruses. Rubella is the one with the vaccine. The others are still infectious. Thank God they now have a vaccine for Chicken Pox. Everyone with kids, please get that one too! There's no reason for children to suffer with the pox anymore!
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yes, MMR is for Measles, Mumps and Rubella. It doesn't mean you cant still catch it it just means if you do you’ve a lot milder case of it.
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Booster might help, but your Children will already have much protection.
Well done for ignoring the scam scare stories about MMR
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yes they’re
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it doesn't work for all children. my friend had them even after the injections
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The measles vaccine does not confer permanent immunity. Epidemics regularly occur in vaccinated populations. Dr. William Atkinson, senior epidemiologist with the CDC, admitted that “measles transmission has been clearly documented among vaccinated persons. In some large outbreaks…over 95 percent of cases have a history of vaccination.” In fact, according to the World Health Organization, the chances are about 15 times greater that measles will be contracted by those vaccinated against the disease than by those who aren't.
In 1988, 69 percent of all school-aged children in the U.S. who contracted measles were vaccinated. In 1989, 89 percent of all school-aged measles victims in the U.S. had been vaccinated. In 1995, 56 percent of all measles cases in the U.S. occurred in people who were previously vaccinated. This pattern has continuted to persist.
The measles vaccine dramatically modified distribution of the disease by shifting incidence rates from age-groups unlikely to experience problems (children 5 to 9 years old) to age-groups most apt to suffer from severe complications (infants, teenagers, and adults). Before the vaccine was introduced, it was extremely rare for an infant to contract measles. But by the 1990s more than 25% of all measles cases were occurring in babies under a year of age. CDC officials admit this situation is prone to get worse and attribute it to the growing number of moms vaccinated during the 60s, 70s and 80s. (When natural immunity is denied, moms can no longer pass protective maternal antibodies to their babies).
When the first cases of autism began to appear, researchers were puzzled by the high incidence of autistic children being born into well-educated families. Over 90% of the parents were high-school graduates, with 3/4 of the fathers and 1/2 of mothers having graduated from college. Scientists tried to link autism to genetic factors in upper class populations and later blamed “refrigerator mothers” for the disorder. In the 1970s, socioeconomic disparities began to disappear. The researchers were puzzled and concluded the earlier studies were flawed. There is an explanation. When the pertussis vaccine was initially introduced, only the rich and educated parents who sought out the very ideal for their children, and who could afford a private physician, were in a position to have their children vaccinated. But as vaccine programs grew, free vaccinations at public health clinics began to be offered and compulsory vaccination programs were initiated, autistic kids were soon discovered within each kind of family, and in greater numbers than ever before imagined.
To answer your question, among vaccinated kids, those between the ages of 5 to 9 have been shown to have the greatest levels of immunity to the measles. Your 5 or 6 year-old daughter should not have been required to have a booster.