Mumps

forkassed

I think i have the mumps:( - will go doc in the morning.

Anyway..i started this thread to see how common it is or if theres a dose going around.

Does anyone else have it or had it recently or know anyone with it?

moretothegirl

all i know is that they are rampant in UCD!!

Dizzyblonde

It's been rampant for months now. My daughter had it in October.

DrIndy

so many people don't have the MMR so it is spreading like wildfire still. I have seen quite a few cases.

mcerc

rampant in DIT as well. A lot of our generation never got there booster so its going like wildfire.

Fad

When I was in 3rd year a good few got mumps.

Luckily my parent had the sense to allow me to get the MMR thus no worries.

moretothegirl

can someone actually explain to me properly about this. i have had my mmr as a baby and the booster at the age of 12 but now at 21 am worried that i might still get it. i thought these vaccines would stop you getting it but if that is the case why do so many people my age have them? surely if i had the 2 shots then wouldnt it be the norm that most people my age would have had them too??

Kenno90

moretothegirl wrote: »

can someone actually explain to me properly about this. i have had my mmr as a baby and the booster at the age of 12 but now at 21 am worried that i might still get it. i thought these vaccines would stop you getting it but if that is the case why do so many people my age have them? surely if i had the 2 shots then wouldnt it be the norm that most people my age would have had them too??

think about it , many kids could've been on holidays (like me:rolleyes:) or plain sick ,there are a number of reasons why they didn't get it ,and believe it or not some parents don't believe in injections

moretothegirl

i just thought people were more responsible than that, i was sick at the time too but my parents made it their business to bring me to the gp to get it

Kenno90

moretothegirl wrote: »

i just thought people were more responsible than that, i was sick at the time too but my parents made it their business to bring me to the gp to get it

same here as soon as we got back from spain , my mother sent me straight to the docters office to get the jab , glad i got it now

forkassed

Ive had the vaccine, but reading up on it i only found yesterday that the vaccine is only 80% effective.

If my interpretation of the wiki page on it is correct..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumps

"The efficacy of the vaccine depends on the strain of the vaccine, but is usually around 80%.[18],[19] The Jeryl Lynn strain is most commonly used in developed countries, but has been shown to have reduced efficacy in epidemic situations."

Fad

forkassed wrote: »

Ive had the vaccine, but reading up on it i only found yesterday that the vaccine is only 80% effective.

If my interpretation of the wiki page on it is correct..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumps

"The efficacy of the vaccine depends on the strain of the vaccine, but is usually around 80%.[18],[19] The Jeryl Lynn strain is most commonly used in developed countries, but has been shown to have reduced efficacy in epidemic situations."

As ever, its Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt:)

Alot of people didnt get it because of the paper linking it to Autism, so parents who believed the paper didnt get their kids vaccinated, so now its spreading through secondary schools and colleges.