RFK Jr. reportedly had a call with Texans helping distribute unproven measles remedies
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services recently baselessly claimed that steroids, antibiotics, and cod liver oil yielded “very good results" with measles.

medications, including Vitamin C, cod liver oil, and the inhaled steroid budesonide

So glad to see we are using cod liver oil instead of those dangerous vaccines! /s

  • JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 hours ago

    There is no recommendation for a catch-up program among adults for a second dose of MMR (e.g., persons born before 1989 or otherwise).

    Doesn’t this mean there isn’t a need for a new dose for low-risk adults? Or does an outbreak mean everyone is no longer low-risk?

    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      57 minutes ago

      If you were a person who got vaccinated prior to 1989 before the mmr recommendation was a second dose 28 days later and you never had a life event that caused you to get your vaccines updated in the interim (eg becoming a healthcare worker, moving into a dorm, etc)

      If you live in a high risk area and only got the single dose vaccine you should get a booster. The single dose vaccine is 93% effective and the two shot is 97%. The cdc has always had this as their guidance. Typically they would update their guidance in times of an outbreak but well, the government has kind of had a whoopsie with fascism

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      I would say, if you’re in a state it hasn’t reached yet, see about getting a titer test. You have time to wait for results and get the booster if needed. That’s my plan. I have a feeling I may have gotten a booster when I was trying to get pregnant, but it was so long ago the kid’s an adult.