UCLA and Cal State LA imposing quarantines due to measles exposure risk

I think she had them before she was adopted, but she has had 2 vaccinations. I received no health records except the vaccination booklet. A friend with a child from the same orphanage said her daughter had them, and the girls were there at the same time so a good chance my daughter had them too.

When the vaccine was first available they thought only one would be necessary, but by the time my kids were going to K they decided a second vaccine was needed, so my adopted daughter got one at 2.5 years old and another at 4.5 (to go to K).

When my other daughter had her first vaccine in 1997, they didn’t think a second would be necessary. Four years later, the new standard was to get a second right before K.

Or ask the pediatrician to run a blood titer. It may cost <$100.

The other way to get a free titer is to volunteer at a hospital. Tell them that you are not sure and they may run the titer for free. (My D has chicken pox when she was a few weeks old. Pediatrician said that she had never seen pox in a baby that young and that she was unsure if the body would build up enuf immunity…)

My husband got shingles. It was excruciating, and apparently he got off fairly lightly compared to some. Some people commit suicide because they can’t stand the pain. Chicken pox as an adult is no fun, but imo the shingles risk is the real reason to have the varicella vax done. I believe there are shingles boosters available for adults too (but haven’t researched it tbh)

How are they imposing this quarantine? Have they checked the medical records of all students and staff? What about visitors to the colleges…like prospective students, or visiting sports teams?

This seems like a huge thing to enforce.

And graduation isn’t all that far away. Will they vet all those attending?

I believe UCLA isolated (it’s not really quarantined as they aren’t locked in or out) all those staff and students who were in certain buildings where they were exposed.

When my daughter had the flu last year (twice! both A and B) the health center (not UCLA, at a much smaller school) sent out a broadcast to all her professors that she wasn’t going to be in class. It was worded that she couldn’t be in class. I don’t know what would have happened if she just showed up but she got the message that she wasn’t to be there.

@twoinanddone

I understand what you are saying…but folks go in and out of college spots all the time. How did the college know who was in the exposure area AND did the check all of their health credentials?

I just can’t see that this would be an easy task at these two very large universities.

Actually, there’s a shingles vaccine, and we have a whole thread in the Cafe about that single disease.

Now, back to regularly scheduled programming: UCLA.

There are actually two shingles vaccine formulations. The older one was zostervax & only required one injection. The newer, more protective one is a 2-shot series you are supposed to get 2-6 months apart. It has been tough keeping it in stock so call around to locate. It’s recommended by CDC for folks 50 years & up and covered by most Insurers. It’s highly recommended.

For folks who have had zostervax (like me), it’s still recommended & covered to get both Shingrex doses too (I, H & my folks all got our Shingrex shots). If you get the Shingrex shots, haven’t read of anyone recommending the Zostervax too.

Ok, back to the thread.

@HImom that has not been our experience in CT unless you can get your doctor to give this in the office. I have a very high end Medicare plan that doesn’t cover this…and my husband has an even higher end private insurance that doesn’t cover this shingrix shot.

So…anyone getting this shot.l.dont make any assumptions! Check with your carrier.

Anyway…not sure what this has to do with the measles outbreaks…so sorry to highjack.

Ok—May be covered. Of course there are tons of different plans so everyone has to check their own coverage. If it’s not covered, it may cost a bit per shot. Our insurer and Medicare allowed us to get the shots at CVS/Longs and covered it 100%.

Anyways, back to the thread. Imho, it’s appalling so many people aren’t getting vaccinating and endangering those who can’t get vaccinated for medical reasons. I had the measles, German measles, mumps and chickenpox. We vaccinated our kids and they had chickenpox.

To me what’s more appalling is the Uni, with top 10 med and, more importantly, Public Health, schools which know better, purposely delaying the implementation of state law. If they had implemented state law on a timely basis, the vast majority of current students would have been vaccinated (and this thread would not exist).

For those of you wondering UCLA gave the all clear. All students in quarantine have been released and there are no other known cases.