20 yo DS has mumps and so do 5 of his friends

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All have been vaccinated.

They were all at the same party 2 weeks ago .
He’s really poorly with it 😢

Sponge my children were born in 2000 and 2004. There was plenty of information telling us that the vaccinations were safe. They were both vaccinated as were all my friends children. To be honest there was a lot less Internet rubbish back then.
Absolutely!

My daughter was born in 1998 and Andrew Wakefield's 'study' had already been thoroughly scrutinised and discredited by the time she had her first MMR.

Sponge my children were born in 2000 and 2004. There was plenty of information telling us that the vaccinations were safe

Of course there was!

I was thinking about this recently, that measles has reared its head but what about mumps and rubella?

Not great for your DS or his other male friends as I believe it can affect their fertility

When ds was very small before he had the MMR both he and DH were ill with identical symptoms a few days apart. DS was diagnosed with mumps, DH with a throat infection. (DH hadn't had mumps to his knowledge, I had it twice as a child and I was fine). So who knows whether either or neither of them had mumps.

Mumps isn’t fun, it’s the reason I am deaf in one ear

Sponge my children were born in 2000 and 2004.
Mine too. I remember before 200 DD's MMR was due I was all over the internet and read lots of info. I remember thinking that the vaccine was overwhelmingly the way to go. I was right.

2000

I popped to the drs yesterday and just as I was leaving he happened to mention that when I due to have my MMR as a child there was shortage of vaccines and would I mind having now as there is an outbreak doing the rounds and he couldn't be sure I was protected .

I was born In 81 if that helps anyone check if that actually had the vaccine .

Back In 4 weeks for the second jab .

I wasn't aware of any missing vaccines , I just presumed I would have had it already , it's never been mentioned before !

MMR didn't start in the UK until 1988

MMR didn't start in the UK until 1988

Crikey, it was licensed here in 1971 and added to the recommended schedule a few years later.

Mumps has been confirmed in my daughters year group (yr 10). Somerset area

I know I had a single rubella as all the girls got it. Assume I got single measles one. No idea if there was a single mumps one but do remember my sister having mumps one Christmas

Apparently I had the single vaccine( would I have,I'm 48 now,mum swears I did but doubtful?)but both my sister and I had measles and I missed 6 weeks of school,I was so ill.

I'm 46. Don't know if a single mumps existed

Found this:

Catch-up programmes were introduced in the 1990s to prevent a major mumps outbreak amongst those children whowere initially too old to receive the MMR upon its introduction in 1988, as unlike for measles and rubella, a single mumps vaccine had not previously been available. A vaccine for rubella had been available to pre-pubescent girls and non-immune women since 1970 to prevent the disease in pregnancy where it may result in foetal loss or congenital rubella syndrome. The introduction of the MMR provided universal immunisation against rubella and aimed to interrupt the circulation of the disease among young children and therefore provide protection to the adult female population by limiting exposure.

Don't know if a single mumps existed

We've had one for ages in the US, called Mumpsvax by Merck.

Mumps Vaccine

It's not widely distributed compared to MMR. Any doctors office will have MMR in the fridge, Mumpsvax will likely have to be ordered.

According to that wikipedia article, it was never distributed in the UK, which caused some controversy in the early days of the MMR autism scare when parents wanted the option of giving the individual vaccines separately.

I think you could get it privately but it wasn't on the UK vaccination schedule. Now they don't make it at all

Merck stopped making single mumps a few years ago

All my children have had the single MMR jabs except my youngest who hasn't had the mumps part. He's now year nine (nearly 14 years old) and been called for vaccinations I've never heard of. It seems the only way we can now have him covered for the mumps part is by having the MMR. Most reasons why we didn't still stand so I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

What were your reasons? Only way to get covered for mumps is to get MMR. Is is Men ACWY that he is being offered?

I wonder if boosters are available for teens?

Yes.

A lot of universities advise students to have boosters or be vaccinated if they have not been before.

When ds was very small before he had the MMR both he and DH were ill with identical symptoms a few days apart. DS was diagnosed with mumps, DH with a throat infection. (DH hadn't had mumps to his knowledge, I had it twice as a child and I was fine). So who knows whether either or neither of them had mumps.

Or they were both correctly diagnosed and just had the same symptoms.

I'm 46. Don't know if a single mumps existed

I'm 52, I had the measles jab, and the rubella as a teenager and mumps as a disease, at the time I don't think there was a vaccine. Or not one widely available.

My friend had it and shes a teacher. But no reports of any cases at the school. And her kids have been vaccinated

Thanks dementedpixie. yes, it's MenACWY, Tetanue, Diphtheria and Polio.

DTP will be a combined jab too

DTP will be a combined jab too

You no longer have to have the sugar cube? One of my earliest memories is being forced to have a sugar cube at the doctor. I think I was fine with the jabs (I don't remember either way,) but I really didn't want the sugar, and had a screaming tantrum in the car. Must have been pre-school boosters.