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#3431181 5-Nov-2025 11:35

Behodar:

There are probably some oddities, for example someone at work got something (can't remember what), and the doctor said "and about a month after you recover from this, you're going to get chickenpox." "But I've already had it." "You're going to get it again." He did.

One of the really bad things about measles is it causes immune amnesia. Not good.

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#3431200 5-Nov-2025 12:53

Under 20 cases among five million, I wouldn’t be too concerned.

There was a time when if you had measles, other mothers would take their children to the sick child’s house so they could catch it and get it over with. It was considered par for the course and most kids got chicken pox and mumps as well.

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#3431201 5-Nov-2025 12:54

Yep, chickenpox parties! They sound really weird to people who weren't there at the time :)

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#3431224 5-Nov-2025 13:45

Behodar:

Yep, chickenpox parties! They sound really weird to people who weren't there at the time :)

Especially as since 2017, Vaccination against Chickenpox is part of the national immunisation schedule..

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#3431228 5-Nov-2025 13:57

Being born in 1975 I received the MMR vaccine as a young child. But I still managed to pick up a case of measles on my 20th birthday. It wasn't a nice experience I can tell you. It knocked me on my arse for 4 weeks. I fell so far behind on my university studies that I had to drop ~50% of my classes and go back for an additonal semester to finish my degree.

They say its rare to contract measles once vaccinated but possible. They also say its normally results in milder symptoms. If what I had was mild then I would hate to experience the real thing!

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#3431243 5-Nov-2025 14:52

Eva888: Under 20 cases among five million, I wouldn’t be too concerned.

Cool. At what number would you get concerned? Because whatever number that is, we will quickly get there if nobody is too concerned.

Eva888: There was a time when if you had measles, other mothers would take their children to the sick child’s house so they could catch it and get it over with. It was considered par for the course and most kids got chicken pox and mumps as well.

This was primitive immunisation by concerned parents for good reason. Mumps in adults can have devastating consequences (e.g. infertility in males, and miscarriage in females). Mumps and chicken pox is far less severe in kids.

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#3431247 5-Nov-2025 15:16

Had it as a child.

In those far off halcyon days, mothers deliberately got their children infected with this, chickenpox and Mumps because they’re relatively harmless to children and the immunity lasts forever.

I well recall one of my brothers being dropped off to play with a friend who had one of them.

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#3431248 5-Nov-2025 15:17

R0 for measles is exceptionally high being in the 12-18 range. By comparison COVID is 3-10, common cold 2-3 and influenza 1.2-1.4

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#3431322 5-Nov-2025 22:09

Geektastic:

Had it as a child.

In those far off halcyon days, mothers deliberately got their children infected with this, chickenpox and Mumps because they’re relatively harmless to children and the immunity lasts forever.

I well recall one of my brothers being dropped off to play with a friend who had one of them.

They was many years ago and before there was a vaccine and before it got eradicated from NZ. It doesn’t make sense now to do that due to the risk of permanent injury including blindness. The main reason for the current problem is the low number vaccinated and WHo had issues a warning. A state in the US also seems to have an outbreak. In 2025 we shouldn’t have this problem

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#3431328 5-Nov-2025 22:44

k1w1k1d:

I just can't understand the reluctance of people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.

We live in an era where people "have their own truth." They get to treat their opinions as their own facts.

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#3431335 5-Nov-2025 23:48

k1w1k1d: I just can't understand the reluctance of people to get themselves and their children vaccinated. ...

I agree with you. Sadly, the governments and big pharma have lied to us many times previously. It is now difficult to take their word on good faith.

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#3431342 6-Nov-2025 07:35

Senecio:

Being born in 1975 I received the MMR vaccine as a young child.

MMR wasn't introduced until 1990. You would have had a single-dose, monovalent vaccine.

My plunket book tells me I had the single dose monovalent vaccine as a child, and then once the MMR was introduced I also had two doses of that.

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#3431426 6-Nov-2025 10:16

cddt:

Senecio:

Being born in 1975 I received the MMR vaccine as a young child.

MMR wasn't introduced until 1990. You would have had a single-dose, monovalent vaccine.

My plunket book tells me I had the single dose monovalent vaccine as a child, and then once the MMR was introduced I also had two doses of that.

Thanks for the correction. Just knew I had all my shots as a child. I don’t recall getting anymore as a teenager.

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#3431432 6-Nov-2025 10:47

johno1234:

R0 for measles is exceptionally high being in the 12-18 range. By comparison COVID is 3-10, common cold 2-3 and influenza 1.2-1.4

And to put that into context

if you’re in the same room as a case and are non-immune (unvaccinated or without prior exposure) there is a 90% change you will be infected...

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#3431439 6-Nov-2025 11:00

Senecio:

Thanks for the correction. Just knew I had all my shots as a child. I don’t recall getting anymore as a teenager.

Yeah, I expect I only received the MMR because my parents were paranoid (or diligent, depending on your point of view). But on the plus side, I've been vaccinated against measles three times, so hopefully it's effective!

I haven't read that there was a campaign to give MMR to people who had already had the single-dose monovalent pre-1990.

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