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Almost no adults who promote universal vaccinations for children are up to date on their own vaccinations. Doubt this? Survey the people at your office about t

Almost no adults who promote universal vaccinations for children are up to date on their own vaccinations. Doubt this? Survey the people at your office about their last boosters for each vaccine of interest. Survey of whether adults have EVER had a Hep B vaccine: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5518a3.htm#tab http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5518a3.htm#tab Total average: 34.6% of all US adults surveyed. That's much lower than the rate at these schools. Have you had your adult booster for measles? Only one dose was given to children before 1996. This is now known to be inadequate. Those born before 1996 who have had no booster may consider themselves among of the inadequately vaccinated. http://www.fraserhealth.ca/about_us/media_centre/news_releases/2010_news_releases/measles_booster_recommended_for_people_born_in_1957_or_later http://www.fraserhealth.ca/about_us/media_centre/news_releas...

dalke 14y ago
So what? The document you linked to says the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends "universal vaccination of infants; catch-up vaccination of unvaccinated children and adolescents; and vaccination of unvaccinated adults at increased risk for infection. " It does not recommend universal vaccination of adults for Hep B. The main recommended one for adults is a tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis booster every 10 years. My last tetanus shot was about 2 years ago. I got my last MMR shot as an adult - there was an outbreak in Florida and the colleges required MMR boosters for all students. The other vaccines in the US are recommended only "if you have a specific risk factor" or for "certain medical or other indications."
- droithomme 14y ago
  Congratulations on being up to date on MMR, unlike 65% of other adult americans. Here are the CDC's vaccine recommendations for you. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-schedule-easy-read-bw.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-...
  - dalke 14y ago
    So now that you found that your first link didn't show your point, you're digging up other links? Except the chart you pointed to is incomplete. You picked the "easy read" chart instead of, say, the more detailed one at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a9.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a9.htm . Take for example chickenpox. The chart you linked to recommends 2 doses. However, http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-immunity.htm http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-immunity... says: "You do not need the chickenpox vaccine if you meet any of these criteria for evidence of immunity ... Birth in the United States before 1980." That's me! Where did you get the 35% number for MMR? I can't find mention of it. I found that "For the 2007--2008 season, influenza vaccination coverage among adults aged 50--64 years was 34%, and coverage among adults aged ≥65 years was 66%" and that "the goals for adult vaccination coverage with influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines are 90% for each vaccine." I hadn't realized that. 10 years ago it was only recommended for people in their 50s or older. I have never gotten influenza virus, as I followed the recommendation of a now outdated schedule.
tedunangst 14y ago
Before people stopped vaccinating their children, there were like 0 cases of measles in the US. One dose was adequate.
- droithomme 14y ago
  Italy France and Spain don't vaccinate against it widely. Most of the few current cases came in via adults from Western Europe and are spread in part by the lack of vaccination of US adults. The western europe situation, and low rates of adult immunization have been issues for decades. How to solve the problem? Mandate adult vaccinations? Require immunization certificates for everyone entering the country? These are much larger factors than a few childhood immunization exemptions and a rational approach would thus focus on them first.

dalke 14y ago

So what? The document you linked to says the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends "universal vaccination of infants; catch-up vaccination of unvaccinated children and adolescents; and vaccination of unvaccinated adults at increased risk for infection. " It does not recommend universal vaccination of adults for Hep B. The main recommended one for adults is a tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis booster every 10 years. My last tetanus shot was about 2 years ago. I got my last MMR shot as an adult - there was an outbreak in Florida and the colleges required MMR boosters for all students. The other vaccines in the US are recommended only "if you have a specific risk factor" or for "certain medical or other indications."

droithomme 14y ago
Congratulations on being up to date on MMR, unlike 65% of other adult americans. Here are the CDC's vaccine recommendations for you. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-schedule-easy-read-bw.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-...
- dalke 14y ago
  So now that you found that your first link didn't show your point, you're digging up other links? Except the chart you pointed to is incomplete. You picked the "easy read" chart instead of, say, the more detailed one at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a9.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a9.htm . Take for example chickenpox. The chart you linked to recommends 2 doses. However, http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-immunity.htm http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-immunity... says: "You do not need the chickenpox vaccine if you meet any of these criteria for evidence of immunity ... Birth in the United States before 1980." That's me! Where did you get the 35% number for MMR? I can't find mention of it. I found that "For the 2007--2008 season, influenza vaccination coverage among adults aged 50--64 years was 34%, and coverage among adults aged ≥65 years was 66%" and that "the goals for adult vaccination coverage with influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines are 90% for each vaccine." I hadn't realized that. 10 years ago it was only recommended for people in their 50s or older. I have never gotten influenza virus, as I followed the recommendation of a now outdated schedule.

tedunangst 14y ago

Before people stopped vaccinating their children, there were like 0 cases of measles in the US. One dose was adequate.

droithomme 14y ago
Italy France and Spain don't vaccinate against it widely. Most of the few current cases came in via adults from Western Europe and are spread in part by the lack of vaccination of US adults. The western europe situation, and low rates of adult immunization have been issues for decades. How to solve the problem? Mandate adult vaccinations? Require immunization certificates for everyone entering the country? These are much larger factors than a few childhood immunization exemptions and a rational approach would thus focus on them first.