• pdxfed@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Saw a headline that the MMR vaccine may be reduced in effectiveness after 40-ish years. It’s all breaking news since people being so backwards as to not be vaccinated in numbers to allow this kind of study to even materialize in a world that has a proven cure is certainly recent.

      • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I got an MMR vaccine at 40 for a job, and only had to because my records from small town Canada weren’t available from my childhood vaccinations.

        Crazy to me that it might actually matter.

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          2 months ago

          I know I had at least one shot as a baby/child/whenever it was appropriate in the 70’s. Then the Air Force gave me the MMR vax before deploying in the '00s just for good measure. Much appreciated now.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        95% coverage for life and even if you get it, it would likely be very mild. Pre-1989 is 93% coverage IIRC.