Your kids are vaccinated against measles?but are you sure YOU are"
Measles outbreaks are making headlines, and many parents are rightfully wondering if they are at risk of contracting the disease, even if they were vaccinated as a kid. The good news is, you?re probably protected. ?If you are an adult born after 1970 you probably have received one dose of MMR, the measles-containing vaccine, and it?s probably enough,? says Anne Pham-Huy, vice chair of Immunize Canada and a paediatric infectious disease physician at the Children?s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. Here?s what you need to know to make sure you?re protected:
Is one shot enough"
One vaccination for measles was the norm in Canada if you were born between 1970 and the mid 1990s. One vaccination is close to 95 percent effective in preventing measles. A second shot brings the immunity closer to 100 percent, which is why the second shot was introduced in the mid nineties. (If you were born before 1970, you are assumed to have acquired immunity by being exposed to measles in the community.) Some public health units, such as the City of Toronto, recommend that everyone born between 1970 and 1995 get a second measles shot. Starting in 1996 to 1997, there were ?catch up campaigns? in Canada so that school-aged kids and teenagers could get a second dose of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, but it wasn?t universal.
Health Canada?s Canadian Immunization Guide has its own recommendations. It says if you?ve only had one MMR vaccine and are a health care worker, a student i...
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