Live Vaccines

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I need an MMR booster but can’t get live vaccines. Has anyone else been in this position before?

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[FFH]

Ask to speak to an occupational health doctor at the medical school to which you are accepted. This is routine stuff that they handle.

According to what I've learned today on my occupational medicine rotation at a hospital with a measles outbreak going on at the moment, you do not need to be vaccinated if it's contraindicated for your health. If you are exposed then you can get IVIGs for post exposure prophylaxis. This is not my medical advice, get professional help about this.

 

[Bacchus]

Agree with above. Gotta weight the risks/benefits of holding remicade to be vaccinated.

 

[Raryn]

If you have a legitimate reason not to get vaccinated, there's usually forms you can fill out to be exempted from the requirement. Yours is a medical reason that would probably count just fine.

 

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Thank you all so much! No one in my family is in the medical field so I was a little panicked. Definitely feeling better knowing this is a relatively common issue!!

 

[FFH]

Thank you all so much! No one in my family is in the medical field so I was a little panicked. Definitely feeling better knowing this is a relatively common issue!!

In general, I'd recommend limit disclosing health informations directly to your school and your future employer, work through occupational medicine if you need accommodation for something. Take care and come back if you have other questions!

 

[Hopeful101]

I'm in a similar situation. You can private message me if you want to talk about it/ what I ended up doing. I don't really want to post about it on the general forum...