Over 100 children at the school are susceptible to virus.

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Rubella (german measles) vax is especially important if you’re trying to conceive. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Gene Tierney, but she was an actress who was on a USO tour during WWII, and was infected with german measles by a fan who had been told to quarantine but did not and came out to meet her anyway. Ms. Tierney was pregnant at the time, and as a result her daughter was born with profound difficulties (deaf, partially blind, severely mentally disabled) from congenital rubella syndrome and ended up institutionalized from the age of 4 for the rest of her life.

    So yes, if you can, definitely get your MMR booster. All three of these diseases are horrible and can have life-long side effects. Best wishes for a healthy baby to you and yours.

    National Library of Medicine Fact Sheet on measles, mumps, and rubella in pregnancy and during breastfeeding: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582537/

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      7 months ago

      I never heard of Gene Tierney, I’ll look at your links. I can’t imagine what it was like for them to know that an ignorant fan caused their child to have such difficulties for the rest of their life. I got MMR booster a couple months ago and my husband is currently getting bloodwork done to see what his titre levels are too. There’s been a concerning uptick of cases where we live and the MMR booster is in shorter supply now so our doctor doesn’t want to give them out unnecessarily if he doesn’t need them.

      Thank you very much for your well wishes, it was nice reading a kind comment (even if I am 2 months late).

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        7 months ago

        It’s all good, glad I could help. Thank you for taking the time to tell me! It’s never too late for a kindness.