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Sure. Are you going to stop using the terms "non-sterilizing vaccine" and "sterilizing vaccine", outside of any publication you may make in a medical journal?
by eesmith 5y ago
Sure. Are you going to stop using the terms "non-sterilizing vaccine" and "sterilizing vaccine", outside of any publication you may make in a medical journal?
> experience of a vaccine like the MMR vaccine, which is one and done
No, it absolutely isn't!
I have personal experience.
I had to get mumps booster shot in college because of a local outbreak.
https://www.cdc.gov/mumps/vaccination.html https://www.cdc.gov/mumps/vaccination.html points out under "Mumps Outbreaks Still Occur" that "As most people are not routinely exposed to mumps, there is less immunologic boosting" so "During a mumps outbreak, public health authorities might recommend an additional dose of MMR vaccine for people who belong to groups at increased risk for getting mumps."
It also points out that mumps vaccinations require two shots, not "one and done".
People are regularly advised to get a tetanus booster every 10 years. Which reminds me, my last one was 10 years ago.
And some people get yearly flu shots.