measles- beware if you've been these places
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Anonymous
WRONG WRONG WRONG. Measles is NOT Rubella. Rubella is GERMAN MEASLES and is a DIFFERENT DISEASE. I am 100% pro vaccine, but PLEASE don't spout lies like this. Pregnant women (I am one of you), don't worry -- you probably had your Rubella immunity checked in your first pregnancy with your bloodwork. Unless your OB indicated concern, you should be fine even if exposed to Rubella -- which this is NOT. Don't listen to this idiot. |
Anonymous
Thank you for posting this. If a pregnant woman has been vaccinated, is she still at an elevated risk? |
Anonymous
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Some facts since PPs were asking.
1. You can be vaccinated for measles and still be one of the unlucky people for whom the vaccine was not perfectly effective, and therefore still contract it. It is about 95% effective. With herd immunity intact, that level of effectiveness would eventually wipe out the disease (if everyone were vaccinated). 2. This is not a "mutated" strain of measles. 3. Infants under 1 cannot be vaccinated and are at highest risk. 4. People with compromised immune systems or people who cannot be vaccinated (because of actual medical reasons and not Jenny McCarthy) are also at high risk. 5. Measles is extremely contagious and can be contracted just by being in a room someone with measles was in -- not concurrently, but hours earlier. 6. 90% of people not immune will contract measles from being close to someone with measles. 7. Measles is a human-only virus (it has no animal reservoirs) and could be completely eliminated if it weren't for the anti-vaccine movement. 8. The death rate for measles is about 3 in 1000 for healthy children, but it is 30 in 100 for people with immune issues, and can cause other serious complications, including brain damage, even if it doesn't kill (there is a reason it's vaccinated for!). Source: CDC website |
Anonymous
| Whole Foods, farmers markets, arrowine, gifted school.... all that wealth and intelligence, and not a lick of common sense. |
Anonymous
It depends on her immunity. Some people (about 5%) don't develop proper immunity even after being vaccinated (due to a variety factors like the body's response to antigens, genetics, antipyretic use after the vaccine, etc). That's why OBs usually order bloodwork for rubella (since it's extremely terrible in pregnancy). A pregnant woman who is one of the 95% to have developed immunity should be okay (for both rubella and measles -- rubeola). If you are worried, you can contact your OB and ask for advice and bloodwork if it's available. |
Anonymous
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People, people, people. Control yourselves. Don't get in an uproar without EDUCATING yourself PROPERLY. And please, don't teach your children to freak out like this. AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, SPEND THE $20 TO GO TO THE PHARMACY DOWN THE STREET AND GET YOURSELF A VACCINATION!!! Is there really no common sense? |
Anonymous
| Correct. Two kinds of measles. This person had rubeola --can still cause premature birth and miscarriage but not associated with the birth defects of rubella. |
Anonymous
I question the intelligence part! So many "gifted" people are not intelligent at all (just quick-thinking). I say this as a former gifted student who sadly sees many of her former gifted-student friends abandon all reason when making decisions like whether to vaccinate! SO frustrating. |
Anonymous
Um, infants under 1 can't have this vaccination and I think others, like myself, are pregnant and have already been vaccinated but want to know if there is a heightened risk since pregnant women were listed in the warning. |
Anonymous
Kind of ironic, isn't it? LOL |
Anonymous
| This makes me so very angry. So now my infant is at risk because someone gets their medical advice from a playboy playmate. Morons. |
Anonymous
Not PP, but there is an 800 number listed on the story OP linked that you can call if you were in the places where there was exposure. If you were exposed, I am sure they will give you advice on next steps. You can also call your OB. Pregnant women are considered immunocompromised. However, most pregnant women will have immunity due to the vaccine. If they don't (because they weren't vaccinated or it wasn't effective), they could get severe complications from contracting the virus, like any immunocompromised person. |
Anonymous
| Is there any info on the person with measles? Is it known if he/she was vaccinated? |
Anonymous
It may not be an anti-vaxer but a parent who's vaccine wasn't effective, vaccine wasn't as effective as thought (I had to be re-vaccinated in high school) or wasn't ever vaccinated. Note the times for the GT school, the gym and Starbucks. It could be either a preschooler or a parent. |
Anonymous
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Aaaaaaand I was at that doctor's office, that day. Outside the window of time, but I am 34 weeks pregnant (fully vaccinated, but never had my titers checked) and have a call in to my OB to double check if I need any tests.
I have thoughts about these wastoids... |