Back in November when Finnian came out in the rash they all looked at me like I was crazy when I asked in the peds office that they check him for measles. Well he didn't have measles but like any childhood disease just because he got all of his shots it doesn't stop him from getting the disease especially if he came in contact with some one with the virus. He might just get a mild form of it. I know as a child we got all of our shots and it didn't stop us from getting the measles, German measles, mumps, chicken pox.
There is now a confirmed case of Measles on Long Island. The child had travelled outside of the USA with the parents. The age of the child is between 9-12 mths which would make them too young to get the MMR vaccine.
Getting your child/children vaccinated is important but there are some cases when the shots are delayed because of medical reasons and sometimes a personal choice of parents not to get the children vaccinated. It is your choice for your child.
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