MMR

[Mog]

I know this has been covered before but it was before my time on mumsnet. At the risk of boring people, yes or no to the MMR jab?

so what you're saying is MMR stands for mad MIL rant?

mears, do you know when ER is back?? can't wait to see what they're all up to

Re last half a dozen messages - ROFL. Thanks for making me giggle on this dark day.
Yes - when is ER back?
PS: MIL should also give your ds everything you don't and then tell you, adding "he loved it - and anyway it never did my ds any harm". Should also point out that ds behaves beautifully when with her and that he "knows how to play you up".

Bundle - I ckecked out the NBC website for ER and it returns to American screens on September 26. It says the smallpox drama continues but that the most shocking event ever in ER happens in this series !!!!!
You can also purchase ER scrubs on-line. Whatever will they think of next

mears, how fabulous! glad they just didn't 'forget' about smallpox (like it was a cough/cold ) - I don't have E4, so will have to wait with plebs in line for next series on C4....presumably that'll be in Jan 03 at earliest
(scrubs - brilliant)

oh and mears - here's a good site for past synopses, if you need reminding !

All of the latter, and Corday has to decide about MMR while her mad mother visits

...and Benton smiles

.....Weaver realises she can walk unaided, and Abbey realises her mother is actually the very famous Sally Field, but has kept it hidden from her for all these years.........

ks - you're the scriptwriter, right?

the worst thing that could happen on ER? surely it is they save everyone on a shift!

LOL bossykate!

all the staff agree not to use any more abbreviations while 'working' on a patient?

Corday wakes up after a surreal dream involving tumours and CT scans, to find Dr Green stepping out of the shower (Dallas style)......if only!

Kerry Weaver becomes so disapproving of Carter's 'seat of the pants' decision making that her mouth completely disappears.

ROFL ks

Now isn't this thread much better than fighting about MMR

Does anyone know how vital the preschool MMR booster is? Is it there simply to ensure that every child is immunised by 'catching' the children that weren't given the initial jab, thereby ensuring herd immunity? Can a simple blood test be peformed to check antibody status before the preschool booster is offered? My son is now 4 yrs, he had MMR at 18 months but I'm loath to give him a second shot unless it's absolutely necessary to ensure complete immunity. If anyone knows anything about this I'd like to hear. Thanks.

I don't want to get down and dirty about mmr for obvious reasons, but a specialist colleague says that measles is rarely a problem if your (older)child is well nourished. The important thing is to achieve heard immunity in order to protect babies under 12 months (especially bottle-fed ones lacking antibodies) in whom measles can be dreadful (but isn't always). So we are really trying to stamp it out to protect each others young babies.

I don't want to get down and dirty about mmr for obvious reasons, but a specialist colleague says that measles is rarely a problem if your (older)child is well nourished. The important thing is to achieve herd immunity in order to protect babies under 12 months (especially bottle-fed ones lacking antibodies) in whom measles can be dreadful (but isn't always). So we are really trying to stamp it out to protect each others young babies.

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