The vaccine is extremely effective. If you’re not vaccinated, get to the doctor now. Your action could save a pregnant woman from catching measles which likely would result in her having a blind chid.
You’re safe if …
- “You got two doses of the vaccine
- You received only one dose, but you’re either a preschool aged child (so you’re not recommended to get the second dose yet) or an adult who is not in a high-risk setting
- A laboratory confirmed you’ve had measles in your life, or confirmed you are immune to measles
- You were born before 1957″
We don’t write this often but one of the reason s1957 is important is because those were the “good old days” when vaccines were required. Schools required a series of vaccines, and children did not walk in the door to start school without having been vaccinated.
Then, we got over-confident, and now people just skip them all too often.