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by js2 20 days ago
On the topic of vaccines, if you were vaccinated against measles before it switched to the two-dose schedule (1989 in the US), you might want to have your titers measured.

I was vaccinated in the early 70s when it was a single dose. With measles in the news recently, I asked my doc to add a measles antibodies test to my blood draw. Came back negative. No immunity. I went to the local pharmacy and got an MMR booster the next day.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/some-...

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If you were vaccinated on the normal schedule, what year would you generally be born to be vaccinated with the single dose?
In the U.S., the second dose was added in 1989 so around then. You might've also gotten a booster in the U.S. if you were born earlier but lived in a college dormitory.

If you're not sure, get tested. It's a simple blood draw.