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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m mostly concerned with protection from measles. My child is due for MMR booster. I want to go but I may cancel the appointment. I’m not sure yet.[/quote]

I guess I'd have to ask two questions.

Is there evidence that measles shots wear off suddenly like that?  My guess is that they don't, and that they overlap them because they know some people will get them late for various reasons.  So the previous shot will protect them for a few months.

What is your child doing that gets them close enough to people from whom they could catch measles?  Whatever it is they should stop. [/quote]

I’m not sure if your trying to be snarky or not, but I’ll answer anyway. I’m going to discuss it with our pediatrician when we get closer to the appointment to see if we should wait or not. Right now they are still doing those kind of appointments, so it depends on the doctors opinion. Our children are home and not going anywhere but to be honest I’m not certain how measles spread. So I’m not really sure if the immunity wears off or not.  I plan to research more to learn about it, but I also will trust our doctor’s opinion on it. Also as a PP mentioned I’m pretty sure we need this for kindergarten. I don’t want my child to get sick with something else either! I’m sure the pediatrician office will also be taking precautions if they are do these appointments. [/quote]

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