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Autumnwood t1_iwxsuk7 wrote

We didn't have the MMR vaccine when I was little. People got measles and mumps. I didn't and also didn't know anyone who did but we heard of cases. I'm from Ohio. My mom's generation and prior dealt with rubella more. I remember her talking about that.

I'm assuming we (kids in my generation) got vaccinated at some point but don't remember. I do remember getting the polio oral ....we all had to go to the cafeteria and we lined up and had to sit and the nurse administered. That must have been a crazy day for the nurses!

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Surly_Cynic OP t1_iwyou8u wrote

There was a separate measles vaccine when I was a younger kid, I believe. I’m guessing I got that because I never had the measles and don’t remember it going around in my peer group. I did get the mumps and my siblings did too, I think.

I eventually got the MMR when I was middle school or high school age and I think it may have even been at a school vaccination clinic set up for the students. There is a subset of vaccine-hesitant parents who object to the MMR but say they would vaccinate for measles if a measles-only vaccine was still available.

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