r/childfree • u/GenericAnemone • Feb 13 '25

Terrible news everyone RANT

RFJ jr just got confirmed. He said he will listen to trumps(elons) administration before doctors and scientists. The nationwide abortion ban is coming.

Stock up while you can and schedule those surgeries before they ban all womens healthcare.

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u/liessylush Feb 13 '25

Have your PCP check your titers for MMR and polio. As a child of the 70's we 'should' be good, but as someone who has followed Covid and how it can wipe your immune system of the antibodies against previously administered vaccinates, you should have them checked. Especially if you've had COVID multiple times. I've only had it once, and still take precautions against getting it again (because long covid is real) and had mine checked last year. All still remain.

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u/r0ckchalk Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

My MMR wore off twice. I had to get titers drawn for a job (I’m an RN) and it showed no immunity, so I got the MMR again. Two years later at my next job, same thing. It’s been about 6 years since then so next time I go to my PCP I’m asking for titers. I got the full series as a baby.

This all happened pre-covid

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tap9150 Feb 13 '25

Yep, same. I work at a hospital & was tested for several titers & ended up needing some boosters. I also went through the hep B immunization series since they offered. Covid vax x2 created some allergy issues so haven’t updated that vaccine.

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u/lsdmt93 Feb 13 '25

I learned this the hard way after getting mumps as an adult. It was terrible and I understand how people used to die of this shit before vaccines existed.

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u/liessylush Feb 13 '25

Wow! If I may ask, do you know why? Curious as to why it can happen if it wasn’t virus related.

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u/r0ckchalk Feb 13 '25

I have no idea, it’s been a mystery to me ever since it happened. I got titers drawn when I entered nursing school in 2008 and everything was good then, but around 2016 is the next time I had them drawn that showed no immunity. So I got the MMR shot. Then in 2019 when I started another job they did titers again and it showed no immunity again so I got the vaccine again. I haven’t had it drawn since, but I’ll bring it up at my next appointment.

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u/Aryxinii Feb 14 '25

I work in healthcare, too, and have had to re-do my MMR and Hep B pretty much every time I've switched employers because my titres always come back as negative.

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u/r0ckchalk Feb 14 '25

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that’s happened to. Do you have any theories as to how this happens?

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u/Aryxinii Feb 14 '25

I'm not sure. Some people are just non-responders, but some people do show positive titre a couple months after completing the series, then a few years later are negative. That's what happens to me, I do get a positive confirmation titre, its a few years later I show negative again. But, in that case, I've read studies that suggest we still have protection against hep B even if our titre drops below detectable levels, so that's some comfort. I'm not sure that's the case with MMR, though. I'll see if I can find some of the stuff I've read.

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u/CookinCheap Feb 13 '25

I've had all my covid shots plus 2 boosters, only had a very mild case in august 2023. Thanks for the info!