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Measles - is there a non live vaccine option?

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The title sums up the question. I have not had measles nor the vaccine during my life so are there any options, other than avoidance, at this stage?

Thanks, Mike

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You have likely had an MMR vaccination at some point...

No.....apparently it was not given prior to 1969 and I know I didnt have it after then. I still have the vaccination booklet from when young.

I caught mumps in 1967 and rubella not long after but never caught measles.

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In Canada, people born prior to the shots (1970) are considered to have aquired immunity. I had an MMR and a number of other shots at CLL diagnosis...never a problem.

Just discovered a piece of paper in my passport that says I had sarampion y rubiola vaccine back in 2006 while working in Latin America. I guess there must have been an outbreak of measles in the area where we were working.....I've lost track of the number of times a company doctor has come at me with a loaded syringe.

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