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    Default Adults who were vaccinated in the 1960s may need a measles booster




    Some adults who were vaccinated against the measles in the 1960s may only have partial immunity. CBS News' Dr. David Agus explained on "CBS This Morning" Friday why people who were vaccinated from 1963 to 1968 should see their doctor about potentially getting a booster shot.

    "Starting in 1963 we started vaccinating," Agus said. "The first five years of the vaccine -- some batches of it were not very good. None of us really know which batch we got."

    "So you can either go to your doctor and say, 'Draw a blood test and see if I have a high enough level,' or just get the shot," he said. "By the way, it's a lot cheaper to just get the shot. So people who were vaccinated from 1963 to 1968 -- that needs to happen."

    According to Agus, those who were born before 1957 were most likely exposed to measles, meaning 95-98 percent of them have enough antibodies to fight the disease. From 1968 to 1989 doctors gave only one shot, meaning immunity among those people may be a little lower than those who received two shots.

    "And so the argument is: if you're going to a foreign country, if you're potentially going to college -- which obviously those people are probably not going to college now -- [or] if you live in one of the areas where we've seen measles go up dramatically, you probably should see your doctor about potentially a second shot," he said.

    Agus said there is no danger in getting a booster shot, although you may get a sore arm.

    The CDC has confirmed the largest number of cases -- mostly in unvaccinated children -- since measles was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Measles can linger in one's body without symptoms, putting newborns who don't have antibodies yet and are too young for a booster shot at risk. In other words, it's not just about you.

    "There are parents now who are not leaving their house because they don't want to go in the subway for fear someone may cough on them or [are] not sending their kid to a preschool because somebody may have it there and they bring it home and they have an infant at home," Agus said. "This is a major problem not just for the individuals but for society as a whole that we need to pay attention to."

    The measles can be particularly dangerous for adults who can develop life-threatening brain infections.

    "This shouldn't happen. This was eradicated in the United States in 2000. We have to step up. This is a call to arms," Agus said. "And I think it's a watershed moment for the anti-vaxxers that hopefully they will go away."

    According to the CDC and the company that makes the measles vaccine, there is no shortage of it at the moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stupid Bitch View Post
    man what a mess
    Yet you support infected illegals coming into this country. Stupid Bitch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Yet you support infected illegals coming into this country. Stupid Bitch.
    Mexico isn't full of Anti vaxxers. That whole infected hordes thing was pretty bogus. The illnesses they had were from malnutrition, elemental exposure, and sanitation. If they were actually infected with stuff like they want you to believe, they would have been quarantined en masse in Mexico, or the United States.
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    don't take any shots from the establishment. they want to inject you harmful nanobots. the banksters have corrupted science.

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Yet you support infected illegals coming into this country. Stupid Bitch.
    This is yet another lie promoted by the racists in your party. If you look at where the outbreaks began, and where they are the most severe, you'll see that in all likelihood it was an international traveler who arrived by jet who kicked off the measles party. That cruise ship currently quarantined in the Caribbean didn't have "infected illegals" on it. Stop repeating racist bullshit. Thanks.

    BTW, most Latin American countries have the same as or even a higher rate of immunization than we do.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    This is yet another lie promoted by the racists in your party.
    If you want to have a serious discussion, let me know. I'm not holding my breath.
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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    If you want to have a serious discussion, let me know. I'm not holding my breath.
    Okay then. Just dismiss the evidence I presented that your statement was bogus. Or were you talking about the flood of illegals from Canada? They definitely have a lower rate of vaccination.

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    Oh please !!! Shut up already !

    I had measles ... I had mumps .... I had chicken pox ! No big deal .

    And now I have a great immune system !

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    don't take any shots from the establishment. they want to inject you harmful nanobots. the banksters have corrupted science.
    The sort of nutty conspiracy theory that energizes the anti-vaxxers and threatens us all.

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    Right wing = lie, lie, and lie some more.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Okay then. Just dismiss the evidence I presented that your statement was bogus. Or were you talking about the flood of illegals from Canada? They definitely have a lower rate of vaccination.
    Cuntryboy has no interest in a serious discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rjhenn View Post
    The sort of nutty conspiracy theory that energizes the anti-vaxxers and threatens us all.

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    if you get yours, you should be fine. stop being a fascist. our bodies, our choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    if you get yours, you should be fine. stop being a fascist. our bodies, our choice.
    Make your choice on your own fuckin island yea dummy, we don't want you nor your ilk spreading your disease..... FUCK OFF the continent...
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Make your choice on your own fuckin island yea dummy, we don't want you nor your ilk spreading your disease..... FUCK OFF the continent...
    we will not take your poison. sorry. take your vaxxer lies somewhere else. our bodies, our choices.

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