Post #658356
2026-03-13 23:26 UTC
Will be heading into a measles hotspot (yes Utah, looking at you) in a month or so and asked an Australian expert what my vaccination situation is likely to be.
She informed me that Australians born before 1966 are generally not vaccinated against measles.
The assumption for people born before 1966 is that given how contagious measles is, it's almost impossible that they haven't already been infected during childhood and therefore have antibodies.
(In my neck of the Australian woods the measles vaccine became widely available starting in 1969.)
#uspol #antivaxxers #flds
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/utah-measles-outbreak-growing-cases-vaccination-rcna263196
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@ricardoharvin@mstdn.social 2026-03-13 23:40
@stacey_campbell@aus.social I'm 67 and was vaccinated in the early 60's. Based on the updated recommendation, I got one of the new vaccines last year, to be as sure as possible I'm protected. For me, because there is reasonable doubt as to the long-term efficacy of the original vaccine I received, anything less would be irresponsible and unnecessarily risky. If in doubt, get vaccinated, especially when traveling to where there's an active, spreading outbreak. Protect others, if not yourself.