I have no real trust in my local community (theres quite a few anti-vaccine people here).

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    Mod notice: It is important to keep in mind that we are all strangers on the internet here, and it is therefore important to exercise critical thinking when it comes to medical advice and related questions.

    Anything you read here has the potential to be completely made up and/or wrong, including this mod notice.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    I think official government advice at this point is to find an infected person and snort their sore spots.

    I would go with a vaccine, otherwise I suppose isolate from society.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    Measles is the most infectious virus we know of. Contagion is measured by how many people the average patient will infect. Covid was a 4, measles is 18.

  • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    Healthcare professional here - but not your HPC and you cannot confirm that I am who I am so double check what I write:

    • Get your titers checked and get revaccinationes asap. If you are not vaccinated or are a non-responder talk to your healthcare provider. Isolate until then.

    • Mask up and keep your hands away from mouth, eyes and nose. You will need a properly fitting FFP3/NP95 mask here - measles are far meaner in terms of infectiousness than COVID. Tight fitting means: You have no leaks at the side - if your glasses fog up, if you can feel air going in or out next to your face,etc. it is not working. The usual “duckbill” masks with straps around the ears very very rarely fit properly.

    • Wash your hands and desinfect them properly.

    • Stay the fuck away from babies. Really. Please.

    • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      3 days ago

      I think the glasses fogging up has been somewhat debunked. you can have a mask pass a fit test and still fog up your glasses because you’re still exhaling moist/hot air through your mask even when it fits properly.

      also the N95 equivalent would be FFP2

      • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Nope,it hasn’t. If your glasses are fogging up in sync with your respiration rate or within a very short timeframe your mask is not sealing. Period. The only difference is when you have either have a valve mask, work with a face shield or similar things or in confined spaces - it’s basically impossible to fog up your glasses with a correctly positioned mask as the filter medium does work as a diffuser. If your mask does fog up suddenly despite a confirmed fit it usually is a warning sign for a breakdown of the filter medium.

        (And believe me, we tried really hard - as part of a customer contract we tested all major mask manufacturers available in the EU, with a sample size in the 4 digit range, including UV fluid and thermal imaging tests)

        I am fully aware that the equivalent of N95 is often seen as comparable to FFP2, but this is not actually quite correct. The FFP2 has a slightly worse filtration rate and a slightly higher resistance both for inspiration and expiration. Anyway, I intentionally wrote FFP3 as this is the recommended FFP class for Measles while within the NIOSH legislation only a N95 is recommended.

      • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Mostly yes,but it is possible to have some beardstyles if you know very much what you are doing (and have a large head).

        But the actual area of contact and to a certain degrees the areas around it need to be shaved properly,yes.

  • ModestMeme@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    My healthcare provider had me tested for Measles antibodies because apparently that shit can wear off after 50 years in some people. I was still good with Mumps and Rubella, but was wide open to Measles. So I got an MMR vaccine (available at Walgreens, CVS, etc) and I’m good to go. So if you’re over 50, you might want to get tested or simply just ask your your doctor for their opinion about getting another shot.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
    0·
    4 days ago

    Both shots leave you at 98% immunity. Then if you somehow beat those odds and still manage to get it, it will be much less severe.

    You’ll be totally fine. The only victims of measles in the US will mostly be. children of idiot parents, adults who had idiot parents and then became idiot adults, and people with actual medical issues that have prevented them from safely getting the vaccine.