VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS MMR

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JOLLYBOB · 19/01/2024 18:33

So with the news in regards to Measles outbreak, we was on a catch up schedule ( I thought I knew better than science and facts for a very long time until I came to the realisation I was failing my child and she needed the jabs )

DD (4) has had one dose of MMR - given in November last year, we're booked in already for 29 Jan, however we're in a high case zone.
I've asked GP but they've no closer appointments and unfortunately haven't got anywhere else I can take DD to get the 2nd jab done.

I can't find any info online on if it's safe to still let her go to school whilst we wait for the appointment on the 29th, can anyone shed some information? On effectiveness will it be ok?

As I'm very worried at the minute which is ironic for someone who thought it was ok to not get them done in the first place, when they should've been given.

PSA I don't need to know how important vaccines are, I already know and hence why they've been given.

YABU - One dose is ok until the appointment
YANBU - Don't send to school until afterwards

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Sapphire387 · 20/01/2024 19:21

simonthedog · 20/01/2024 18:01

We are in Wales and my DD was 6 months old when the outbreak happened here. She was just about to start at nursery so I could go back to work, so I took her for her an early MMR. I was advised then that she still needed to have the usual normal 2 doses as well, So that is what we did.

Thank you so much for your response! Very helpful.

Measlesmumma · 21/01/2024 00:10

Sapphire387 · 20/01/2024 17:46

I'm sorry to hijack the thread, though I'm sure we don't all want multiple MMR threads on here...

Anyone got any thoughts on what to do with a six month old baby? I have heard the MMR can be given from six months if there's an outbreak... I'm not sure if a doctor would at the moment, either NHS or private.

If anyone has any more knowledge on whether this would be advisable or even possible, please let me know.

OP, I would send your child to school given the statistics quoted above.

Edited

I guess it depends on why the MMR is given at 12 months as standard (I don’t know the answer but you can ask a professional).

if it’s equally as safe and you are in an outbreak area then I would take it. My DS caught measles before his 1st MMR was due and was very ill - fever of 40.1 and unwell for about 10 days. Doesn’t look like there are any long-term effects for him but I consider us lucky.

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