My dad was really keen that my DS have single jabs and wanted to pay for it so that's what I've done. But the clinic where he went to last summer ran out of Mumps vaccine and said they'd get some early this year. And now they say the manufacturer (Merck) has stopped making them so they don't know what they're going to do.
They have refunded me my money for that vaccine but now it means that my DS isn't protected at all against mumps which I'm not happy about. And I don't really want to give him the MMR now because that means he'll get double doses of measles and rubella.
I rang another clinic and they said they'd get some 'soon' but couldn't say when. Now if my clinic are telling the truth (and I have no reason to believe they are not), then there are a hell of a lot of clinics who advertise online who don't mention that they can't get Mumps vaccines. So potentially a mumps outbreak
If you've managed to vaccinate your child against mumps recently, please let me know where you took them. And if you're thinking about it, please check very carefully with the clinic that they have all three components of the MMR in stock.