Measles and the MMR

I’m no clinician but a booster might be something a doctor could advise you on. I’m under the impression the MMR is safe to take more than once either way, I don’t think you’d be harmed by taking a new one after having one 40 years ago, were that the case. But your doctor/nurse/pharmacist is your point person for that.

Here's the official guidance:

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/mmr-vaccine/#:~:text=MMR%20vaccine%20for%20older%20children,have%20some%20immunity%20against%20measles.

and:

Otherwise, as already advised, talk to your doctor.

Yeah, get that vaccine. I didn't have it as a child either, even though all my friends did. Caught it in my mid 30s. I've never been so sick, it was awful. It's a very different disease to get as an adult than as a child.

Here's info on getting your vaccination records. There's no central database, but your local health office (for where you were as a child) should have records. The MMR was only introduced in Ireland in 1988, so if you were born before 1978. you won't have got it as part of the childhood immunisation programme.

Yep kids can get the chickenpox vaccine too. Its not currently part of the standard vaccination program though so you have to pay out of pocket for it. I got it for myself a few years back (along with an MMR booster as I don't seem to hold immunity to things) and then got it for my son when he was young. Having seen his cousins suffer through horrible cases of chicken pox (with spots on eyelids, inside nose, private parts), it seemed a no-brainer for me.

The death rate with measles isn't very high but the side-effects from it are the main problem. And why would you want to get something if you didn't have to?

Why would you get the chickenpox vaccine for yourself and then not for your children? It's not a cheap vaccine but it's priceless imo.

What year were you born? If before 1978, the answer is No.