Disneyland Measles

[tee]

I live in an area that has some people that caught the Disney measles, as I'll call them. There have been 2 alerts over the past few days like "if you have been to this place you may have been exposed." These are just the public alerts. They have also quarantined babies who were in the waiting rooms with people who were later diagnosed. I'm sure there will be more alerts as they trace where everyone who has the measles has gone.

I'm general I know the actual number of people who have it is very very low compared to the population, but I'm starting to worry that I'm not going to be able to take lo anywhere! Of course I'll see and follow what the ped recommends when the time comes, but I fear that we will be stuck at home much more than I anticipated.

Any one already receive any advice from their ped on this yet? I'm due in a week so I will see ours after birth.

[allonsy221b]

I spoke with my doctor about this today as we have a case where I live and it's in the school system I sub in. Generally, symptoms don't show for 8 to 10 days after exposure, quarantine is usually 21 days. Unfortunately we cannot control where people take their sick kids or their unvaccinated (unless for allergy or medical reason) kids. I haven't spoken with the pedi yet as I still have 4 weeks but I think ultimately it's up to you. Your pedi should have a sick side and a well side to keep healthy kids separate from ones that are sick, or if you are still worried you can wait in the hall. Also keeping LO covered up and not letting strangers near them helps too.

Hopefully none of us are exposed and can keep our LO's safe!

[lotsofdotts]

This whole situation makes me angry, but I am going to just leave it at that. I don't want a vaccine debate tonight. It is just a shame that this has happened.

[angeldcf]

And this one:  link

[allonsy221b]

I just posted this one on my FB, I like it because it actually shows the vaccinated vs non vaccinated in the count. I've been hearing a lot of anti vax people saying that a lot of vaccinated people got it too but it's only 6, 2 of those only had one dose. www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/number-measles-cases-linked-disneyland-continues-grow

[kmcookie]

It drives me insane that vaccinated people getting the disease is used to back the anti-vax argument. I have had the MMR. Four doses. I am immune to mumps and rubella. The measles portion doesn't work on me. I'm a "non-responder". 5-7% of recipients will be non-responders (to the measles portion) after one dose. That's why they recommend two! There will still be some non-responders. This is why herd immunity is important. Sorry. I am a bit emotional about the whole situation, knowing that I'm at risk makes me even more nervous about exposure risk to my LO.

[tee]

kmcookie - how did you find out you're a non-responder?

I am vaccinated, but I think in the 80's they were only doing one dose still??? I need to look into it more.

[tee]

Ah - that's good that they test for that - My blood work in the beginning only included a test for Rubella immunity.

[kmcookie]

Jan 26, 2015 22:45:15 GMT -5 tee said:

kmcookie - how did you find out you're a non-responder?

I am vaccinated, but I think in the 80's they were only doing one dose still??? I need to look into it more.

I went back to school after college graduation, and they required proof of my MMR. Well, my mom had passed away not long before that, so I had no idea how to find it. I got titered for antibodies instead, and SURPRISE! My mumps and rubella were fine, but I had no antibodies for measles. I was revaccinated, with no success. I'm thinking of trying again though, considering all the cases lately.

[kmcookie]

@holachica Love tit in solidarity I guess I can be happy that at least I know I'm at risk, right?

[sccurrier]

badw0lf I had two coworkers that were Autism Andy's. But they claimed to have read PLENTY of articles proving there's a link. One was the same woman who claimed that the linea negra was how they measured fundal height. Apparently my uterus stopped growing at like 16 weeks according to her logic. The other was also borderline Poisonous Pete because she immediately jumped into how there's ingredients in Kraft Mac and cheese that are illegal in other countries.

[kcrosem]

I Read this today www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/27/381888697/to-protect-his-son-a-father-asks-school-to-bar-unvaccinated-children?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150127

The below was in the comments. I have been dealing with some anti vax crap lately and it is pissing me off, especially with LO arriving soon.

howdovaccinescauseautism.com/

[acpruchnik]

I live in Arizona and I've heard of several cases getting here. We have a lot of shit going around this time of year as it is so my pediatrician has recommended we keep DS and baby as isolated as possible til the season passes (end of March/early April) regardless of vaccinations. We're also making family members get vaccinations updated at least 2 weeks before they can see either of the boys and not letting anyone around that has been in a hospital or had a fever recently come around. We're waiting to introduce baby to anyone but his medical staff, my parents and the great grandparents otherwise until baby's a month old, too. My son knows not to touch anyone right, he lives for hand sanitizer/washing his hands now and hates being touched by strangers anyway so I know he'll be OK. May be a bit overkill with some things, but I'd rather be safe than sorry! I also have canopies and "don't touch me" signs on everything in the case I have to take baby to the grocery store and for when he's at the doc's office. I'm not afraid to slap a stranger if they try to touch my kids!

My son has several friends that rely on herd immunity (he's Autistic and goes to an early intervention preschool so some kids can't be vaccinated due to their differently abled situations) and I would feel terrible if I knew my son had given them something we could have prevented or that either of my kids were sick over something I could have prevented with a simple shot.

[flyster]

Our hospital does valet parking (free if you leave with a baby, vs if you go in and its a false alarm) and we had to wait for like 30 minutes in the lobby of the children's hospital for the car to be brought around. I was kindof freaking out. We haven't had any cases near me that I know of, but waiting with a 3 day old there still made me super nervous. I made everybody sanitize as soon as we got out of there.

The measles thing in particular makes me nervous. I was planning on going to baby-wearing meetups, ect at about 6 weeks, or go to some mom's groups to meet other moms since I know no one near us. This makes me really question weather I should go, since most of the parents have more then one kid. I know I can't keep him safe forever and he'll be in day care at 3 months anyway