@aram Yeah I'm technically a Millenial but I'm basically right on the border of Gen X/Millenial and looking at my vaccine records I seem to have only had one MMR vaccination. My province is almost up to 100 cases of measles, we might've passed that threshold by now.

Anyways I'm talking with my doctor the next time I see her (I see her every 28 days for a medication & we chat about everything else too) about either testing me for measles immunity or else just going straight for the booster. Which my province should actually cover for me.

That shit is scary. I don't go out very much and I mask but I know that might not be enough to protect me from measles.

@aram

I'm old enough to have had all the formerly usual childhood diseases, but I got a booster just in case.

@aram Add "Gen Jones" (~1957-64) to that list. We were still getting inoculations for polio and smallpox as children.

The vaccines came out one by one, and some were not as good as those currently available.

I'm getting tested soon.

@aram

I am both sorry and surprised to hear this.

I thought one of the few good things about being #GenX was that we all had every #immunization and #vaccine that was available.

@aram my wife was fully vaccinated as a kid, but after our kids finished school and she went back to college and then transferred they required her to be tested. Turns out she needed to get an MMR booster.

So Gen-X even if you had good coverage when young, get checked for needing boosters now.

@aram I'm hoping that nearly dying of measles aged 4 will mean I'm still immune.

Fuck that stupid family doctor who didn't believe in the MMR vaccine.

@aram

According to this NPR article (https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5304458/measles-vaccine-booster-health) those vaccinated between 1957 to 1968 could be a risks

I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

@aram

Yes! I am also Gen X, and had the insufficient vaccine. Got the blood test and somehow had immunity to measles anyway. Thanks for the reminder to everyone.

@aram

I had sufficient vaxes, however, my last measles shot was when I was in fifth grade. Now I have grandkids in grade school.

Because I'm apparently decrepit, the pharmacy required me to get a prescription to get an MMR booster.

My primary care doc wrote it, and I got jabbed last week. I was told to expect pain around the site, but it was nothing. The pharmacy tech said it was a deep shot, like the flu shot.

Of course, I'm in Texas. Texas is really, really, big. over 800 miles across. But the number of cases is growing, and I don't want to be on that list.

@aram I had the vaccination in. ‘68 and I had a severe case of the measles in ‘65. We tested my titre’s and I was not immune. I got a booster a few weeks ago.

I was still immune to Mumps and German Measles. Go figure.

@aram I got the vaccine, then they lost my records so I had to get it again... finally, I got it again in the Army - I think I'm good for this one!

As a bonus, I did grow a tiny arm on my back - but that could've been from the 3 part black plague vaccine or one of the other numerous and unclear shots I got in the military.

All kidding aside, that's a pretty good suggestion.