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[quote=Anonymous]I would avoid situations where my fully vaccinated 4 year old would be around unvaccinated kids because I'm pregnant, thus immunosuppressed, and don't want even a minimal risk picking up a teratogenic disease. It's not worth the stress given recent outbreaks.

I am fully vaccinated and have received all the appropriate vaccines that were available/recommended at various points of my life (born early 1980s). I also work in direct patient care and am sure I come into contact with (and am probably colonized with) all sorts of unrecognized microbes. That said, I know from personal experience that it's possible to once be immune then become non-immune to certain diseases despite previous exposure/illness, vaccination, or immune titers.

For example, I needed a MMR booster upon discharge from the hospital when my first child was born because my previously "immune" titer from pre-patient care job came back "non-immune" during my first trimester. Likewise, I had shingles in my 20s after having 2 moderate cases of chickenpox as a child. YMMV.[/quote]

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