All these recent reports, and given that I work on a college campus, makes me wonder if I should get booster shots. I think I got some boosters when I first went to Japan, but that was more than 20 years ago now.
Originally posted by ShiroKuro: All these recent reports, and given that I work on a college campus, makes me wonder if I should get booster shots. I think I got some boosters when I first went to Japan, but that was more than 20 years ago now.
Time to call. I need to check on a tetanus shot.
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Nope. I don't think you need a mumps booster shot, as long as you've had the two recommended doses as a kid (or an adult). Yes to tetanus and a few others.
Based on my quick google search, some vaccinated people do get mumps, and no one seems to understand why. But your odds of getting mumps post-vaccine are pretty small.
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