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This is one of those things where there's virtually no good resources on: what vaccines one got as an infant to re-up on as an adult.

• Enginerrrd 5y ago
  Yeah it's interesting, I got a booster for chicken pox when I was 20. I was given the vaccine the first year it was available, and it was my opinion that we didn't know enough to know what the titres looked like for adults in my cohort, so I talked my FNP into giving me one. (I was working as a paramedic at the time, and was dealing with a lot of shingles patients. While shingles is not a very contagious manifestation of the virus, I thought it prudent to protect myself since it can be a gnarly illness in an adult.) For the diseases that are less severe for adults than children, I was less concerned. I do get my tetanus boosters since it also re-ups my immunity to pertussis (which wanes) and I have a lot of contact with babies and small children in my life.
  • jonhohle 5y ago
    Did you have chicken pox as a kid? My wife and I were 80s kids where you still got stuck in a room with other kids to intentionally get chicken pox. I had a mild case when I was 5 and have never been offered a shot, and was actually surprised to learn they were a thing when our kids were little.
  • rootusrootus 5y ago
    I anxiously await becoming eligible for the shingles vaccine. I've heard it's a pretty nasty disease. Coincidentally, I was chatting with a lady a couple days ago who told me she got shingles when she was a teenager. Not only that, it was a severe case, and on her face. She still has the scars.