skhayfa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTexas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down17cross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1781arrow-down1external-linkTexas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growingarstechnica.comskhayfa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square202linkfedilinkcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareEldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoYep, the vaccine is recent enough that if you were born in the 90s or before, the vaccine wasn’t available when you were of the right age to get it. I didn’t even know we had a vaccine until probably 5 years ago.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSame, I only found out through the shingles sub I regularly visit, because I had shingles before 20
Yep, the vaccine is recent enough that if you were born in the 90s or before, the vaccine wasn’t available when you were of the right age to get it. I didn’t even know we had a vaccine until probably 5 years ago.
Same, I only found out through the shingles sub I regularly visit, because I had shingles before 20