About a year ago, I wrote a detailed piece about measles infection and disease focused on the myths about its severity and nonexistent health benefits.
This is some of the most important health Information that I believe anyone can ever learn.
The Information presented in this article should be mainstream knowledge and should receive regular media attention, it is a tragedy that the dangers of all three viruses: Measles, Mumps and Rubella are not widely known. Also, it is apparent that the M.M.R. vaccine is one of our most important Immunizations.
Also, with the understanding that we need a new Mumps vaccine, vaccine science and research (an already neglected and not nearly enough a societal priority), may be even less prioritized in the coming years?
With the prevalence of immune modifying drugs increasing, the option for a booster requires stopping those drugs: perhaps better studies there could inform which ones actually present a risk as it isn’t likely ALL of them.
I have other physician friends who get tested and revaccinated due to only brief seroconversion on testing. We suspect they likely have adequate immunity, to your point.
I feel like a routine third dose for college students has been floated for so long but never has materialized.
Personally, I think given the uptick in outbreaks, perhaps more details on who, how long from the complete series, and of course more stringent requirements… not happening soon.
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This is some of the most important health Information that I believe anyone can ever learn.
The Information presented in this article should be mainstream knowledge and should receive regular media attention, it is a tragedy that the dangers of all three viruses: Measles, Mumps and Rubella are not widely known. Also, it is apparent that the M.M.R. vaccine is one of our most important Immunizations.
Also, with the understanding that we need a new Mumps vaccine, vaccine science and research (an already neglected and not nearly enough a societal priority), may be even less prioritized in the coming years?
With the prevalence of immune modifying drugs increasing, the option for a booster requires stopping those drugs: perhaps better studies there could inform which ones actually present a risk as it isn’t likely ALL of them.
I have other physician friends who get tested and revaccinated due to only brief seroconversion on testing. We suspect they likely have adequate immunity, to your point.
I feel like a routine third dose for college students has been floated for so long but never has materialized.
Personally, I think given the uptick in outbreaks, perhaps more details on who, how long from the complete series, and of course more stringent requirements… not happening soon.
ACIP has guidance for vaccinating those with altered immunocompetence:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-best-practices/altered-immunocompetence.html
I am also not optimistic about the prospects of a new mumps vaccine any time soon