<p>Has anybody heard anymore about the mumps outbreak at SUNY Plattsburgh. My D is at SUNY Potsdam (we are from Canada) but has received an email telling her that if the outbreak reaches Potsdam she has been identified as a student with only one of the 2 required vaccinations. We have had the Titer test done and it came back mumps immune but it is still a concern. Can anyone tell me if there is any danger in her just getting the second vaccine shot in the US and saving all of the hassles. The student services say that they need to verify that the Titer results meet New York State requirements. I understand all of this and don't blame them but am also concerned about her getting an extra vaccination in the US if it is different from the one used in Canada and could there be side effects.</p>
<p>I doubt there would be side-effects because I doubt it is different. Mumps is a pretty standard vaccine (I’m surprised it broke out in Plattsburgh, most American kids have to be vaccinated against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella before they go to college), it’s probably the same across borders. Ask your doctor in Canada if you want to know for sure.</p>
<p>Your right we also have to all the vaccines and our D did meet the requirements for admission to a US college but in Canada we only get one vaccines for mumps not 2. I have talked to our Dr and they want to know what the vaccine is before saying there would be no problem. I guess I will have to talk to SUNY Potsdam again for more advice and I must say that they are extremely helpful, more so than our own Dr.</p>
<h2>Mumps is often encountered during the cold season. </h2>
<p>[Mumps</a> - ChildWiki.com](<a href=“http://www.childwiki.com/index.php/Mumps]Mumps”>http://www.childwiki.com/index.php/Mumps)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.plattsburgh.edu//studentlife/health/mumps/[/url]”>http://www.plattsburgh.edu//studentlife/health/mumps/</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cardinalpointsonline.com/news/six-mumps-cases-confirmed-1.2202199[/url]”>http://www.cardinalpointsonline.com/news/six-mumps-cases-confirmed-1.2202199</a></p>
<p>Son attends Plattsburgh and they have been working very hard to keep this outbreak under control. The weird thing is that the first 3 kids diagnosed had been previously been immunized with the MMR vaccine. The question now is: was there a problem with the vaccine or has the virus mutated?</p>
<p>As of yesterday, there were 9 confirmed cases with I believe 6 more undergoing testing.
Any student/faculty/workers without proof of immunization or able to prove that they either previously had the mumps or immunity (via a current titer or signed proof of immunization), was not allowed back to the campus after the one-week March break. The school has also offered free immunizations to students.</p>
<p>Now the question is: is this a mutated mumps virus or was there a problem with the vaccine?</p>
<p>^^wow, interesting. My children have been immunized but I had the mumps when I was young and I’ve never forgotten that particular illness. No fun. I’ve wondered for years and years if these “immunizations” that our children all had would last through their lifetime or if these things mutate!</p>
<p>There’s been a somewhat significant outbreak of mumps throughout upstate New York, so this isn’t too surprising.</p>
<p>@nysmile It’s probably not a mutated virus, nor a problem with the vaccine. The vaccine is only about 80% efficient after one dose, up to 95% after 2. However, field studies have shown efficacy rates between [url=<a href=“http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4708.pdf]75%-95%[/url”>http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4708.pdf]75%-95%[/url</a>], so the immune response can vary between people. The infected people may not have produced a robust immune response when/if they were vaccinated. Most vaccines don’t have 100% efficacy, which is why public health relies on ‘herd immunity’.</p>
<p>^that’s a logical explanation. The school is doing their best to stay on top of the situation.</p>
<p>It must be very hard in places like colleges in these days of mistruct of vaccines. It’s probably only going to get worse.</p>
<p>^Yes, I contracted Pertussis as an adult, even though I had had the vaccine as a child. One source on the internet described its symptoms as something like, “feeling the sickest you have ever felt in your life - like you might die,” and that was true for me.</p>
<p>The biggest danger in mumps is to boys. If the mumps affects their testicles, they can swell and there is a risk of sterility.
Boys should NOT get mumps! Otherwise it is a self-limiting disease.
True that vaccinations are not always 100%. This varies according to ones immune sysptem.
We all know kids who got Chicken Pox twice.
Pertussis definitely wears off and it’s possible to contract it as an adult. Hopefully with more older kids getting the Tdap instead of the Td vaccine that will help to keep immunity up.</p>
<p>In the late 60’s my mother got Rubella while pregnant with her 5th - FIFTH- child. That was after she had it as a child and all of her other 4 children had had it years earlier.</p>
<p>IN CT, only one mumps vaccine is required. However, most childrenn receive 2 as MMR ( measles, mumps and rubella.)</p>
<p>The CDC now recommends MMR at a year and then again on school entry. For a while the second dose was 12 years but they have moved that up now.
My kids - 19, 21 both had the second when they were about 12 years.</p>
<p>For anyone who has had only one vaccine and not 2, YES, go get a mumps vaccine now if you are in an area where there are cases and you are at risk. And yes BOYS especially should go, but girls will be sick enough at finals that you don’t want to deal with mumps.</p>
<p>Anyone who had two, you are only 80% safe, the other 20% used to be covered by a principle known as herd immunity, but when the herd is no longer all vaccinated, the 20% is HUGE. So if you are in an area with an outbreak, yes you can get a third vaccine. There is little data on it, but last year there was a NY/NJ outbreak and they did give the vaccine to those who had 2 already if they did not show antibodies. There were no adverse outcomes.</p>
<p>My d’s hs bf got mumps his senior year in hs. He had been vaccinated twice - and he knew that for sure, as his mom is a pediatrician. She was absolutely floored. Fortunately he had a pretty mild case.</p>
<p>I was vaccinated for tetanus and pertussis last year. Tetanus is every 10 years, and now pertussis is included in the vaccine. I thought it was a little late, as now my vectors - excuse me, my children - are out of the house.</p>