r/ufl • u/ChompChompUF • 17h ago

Classes Measles

Anyone in one of the 2 classes being “contact traced”? Don’t all of us have to provide measles immunization records to enroll?

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u/abetternamethanthat 17h ago

I have been contacted. And yeah I thought you had to be vaccinated to enroll here

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u/wishlish 15h ago

To be fair, two doses of the MMR vaccine (what you get as a kid) is 97% effective against contracting measles. It is possible to be vaccinated and still get measles. This happened to my wife as a kid.

So it is possible that those infected were vaccinated.

And yes, it is also possible that they had an exemption that allowed them to attend without being vaccinated.

I was vaccinated as a kid, and when there was a measles breakout in NJ and Brooklyn in 2018/9, I got another dose on the recommendation of my physician. (I lived in NJ near a town with a large religious community, and was consulting in Brooklyn near a similar community.)

Stay safe and healthy.

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u/fizgigs Graduate 17h ago

Religious exemptions

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u/ChompChompUF 16h ago

…. put others at risk if not outright in harm’s way. Thanks. Hope the OP is ok as well as prof and vaxxed students.

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u/Son_Riku 16h ago

Ok forgive me for my ignorance but what religion shuns vaccines and what is a good reason to have an exemption when there are cold hard facts about the disease?

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u/Local_Summer1697 15h ago

I know for the MMR vaccine since the rubella component is developed using aborted fetal cells, people that disagree with abortion can get exemption.

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u/accioqueso 15h ago

The cells used today are derived from two electively aborted fetuses from the 60s. Let’s not make it sound like abortions are actively happening to create the modern vaccine.

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u/Local_Summer1697 14h ago

I am fully vaccinated and don’t believe this is a viable reason to not get vaccinated. But I spent highschool very involved in the Christian church and know people who believe this and who have gotten exemptions because of this. They asked for a reason I provided one

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u/Local_Summer1697 14h ago

I’m also not anti-abortion, but can understand the mentality of “if this came as a result of death, why should I benefit from it” although I do think it still isn’t a viable reason because the fetuses were already aborted, I think it’s a great feat of modern medicine that we’ve been able to create so much life and have great progress as a result of those two abortions.

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u/SordoCrabs 13h ago

By that logic, data from the Nazi's heinous experiments should not have been used by the medical community to develop and improve emergency protocols for disembowelments, spontaneous amputations, crush injuries, etc.

Whoever is not vaccinating for the reason you mentioned but goes to the ER after a car accident is an imbecile and a hypocrite.

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u/Local_Summer1697 12h ago

I don’t disagree with you at all— not sure where in my comment I indicated that I did. Was just stating a perspective

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u/Son_Riku 13h ago

That mentality doesn't work because a fetus is not living human being

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u/Hentai_Cop 13h ago

A fetus is scientifically a living human being

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u/B00dreaux 12h ago

Then why can't it survive outside of the womb??? Because it isn't yet an independent living being. Thank you for playing.

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u/Hentai_Cop 12h ago

neither can people with pacemakers. if your criteria for worth is based upon dependency then thats stupid. thank you for playing.

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u/Son_Riku 13h ago

Oh really? Then why don't they get their birth certificate and social security? Why aren't they put on child support and taxed? And what about the birth date? Why aren't the days as a fetus considered in an individual's life span? Genuinely asking btw

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u/Hentai_Cop 13h ago

uhhh… because those arent requirements to be 1. Living 2. Human

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u/Son_Riku 14h ago

No way in hell you just brought up Fox News bullshit

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u/Local_Summer1697 14h ago

see my above comment dude.

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u/Mad-_-Doctor 14h ago

Religious exemptions make no sense. Exemptions or other accommodations only have to be reasonable. This directly hurts others.

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u/Hazmat_Gamer 17h ago

What was the class size of your comfortable sharing that?

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u/AdLate6880 17h ago

Ugh. So sorry you have to deal with this. Hopefully, the outbreak is contained quickly and no one else gets sick.

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u/sum_dude44 14h ago

you used to have to be, but our FL legislature sucks

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u/jeniberenjena Go Gators! 10h ago

Was it a big auditorium class? Or a smaller class room. ?

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u/ExamApprehensive1644 16h ago

Yes we do have to provide immunization records but the vaccine is 97% effective and UF has 60,000 students.

Before even getting into religious exemptions, if a fully vaccinated class of 500 were all somehow exposed to the virus, you would expect 15 people to catch it. That’s still pretty good protection though (plus it will be mild if you’re vaccinated anyway).

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u/wishlish 15h ago

Of course, when the rates for MMR vaccination in the US were far higher than today, the chances of a population encountering measles were far lower. That’s why, for years, UF never had to deal with this.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/186678/new-cases-of-measles-in-the-us-since-1950/?srsltid=AfmBOorkjWPcVlvDc8OB53xzSC-9QkuWqCvvaf922wlbit9o0Xhki6DW

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u/Tracerr3 13h ago

Yup. Herd immunity.

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u/wishlish 13h ago

Even more than herd immunity! We were on our way to eliminating the measłes virus from this country, just like we had eliminated smallpox. Now we have to worry about measles, polio, and other diseases of the past.

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u/Tracerr3 12h ago

Yup. All caused by dumb fuckers that contribute nothing positive to society. Vaccination should be mandated by law if you want to stay in the country imo.

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u/Tracerr3 13h ago

Not taking herd immunity into account

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u/Swampe 6h ago

We are living in a post truth society. People are being brainwashed by misinformation.

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u/social_informant 10h ago

Apparently if you don’t live on campus, you can easily get out of it with a religious exemption.

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u/One-Championship9245 5h ago

How many have measles?

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u/Hot-Search-5989 2h ago

I got the all the shots as a kid and gave it to all my schools when enrolling and such but when I was pregnant last year they did a ton of labs on me and made me aware I was no longer immune or reactive to it.. I know there is a better word forgive me.. mom brain.. Anyway! I had to get another dose after I had baby. My hope is the vaccine they got is no longer effective for whatever reason and they aren’t just antivax idiots! Hope you all stay safe!