MEASLES! Those in your late 30`s and early 40`s - Have you been vaccinated against Measles?

I live in Japan, where there has been a recent epidemic of measles among those of mostly University age (there is a whole generation who missed out on measles boosters in Primary school)...as well a number of cases among small children.
My 3 year old has been vaccinated, and is not due for her booster. I just got informed that there was a measles case in her occasional daycare so I didn`t send her this week.

My daughter should be fine, but I realised I have no idea whether I have been vaccinated or not. My mother has passed away so I can`t ask her and I don`t have any vaccination records. My mother believed in vaccination and followed the vaccination schedule so would have had me vaccinated if it was recommended in Australia at that time.

Did we vaccinate for measles in the late 60`s? Would there have been a follow up booster in the 70`s?

(btw - I don`t want to discuss the pros and cons of vacination. It is irrelevant to this question)

I moved to Japan when I was in my early 20s - no special vaccinations were required.
Japan doesn`t do the MMR. They do Measles and Rubella as separate shots(and Mumps is optional).

See your Doctor and have a "lab titer" done. This is a blood test that will show whether or not you are immune to MMR.

You should have had MMR (measles, mumps, rubella vaccination) when you moved to Japan unless you were born there.

I had measles when I lived in Japan, I was about 6 or 7. It went away as quickly as I got them.

You can always get one now.

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