Oh boy- I should have read my post before pressing the "send" button.... it should say that there were FEWER side effects at age 4-6... the rest of the grammatical errors you can figure out. Kim ---------- > From: Dogwood Ridge <> > To: ; > Subject: Re: MMR boosters > Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 10:23 AM > > Until two yrs. ago when the state of Texas mandated that the second MMR be > given at pre-K entrance I had been giving the vaccine at age 11 with the > rationale that this was the immune response would be nicely boosted > throughout high school and college- I really hated to change my ways- > especially to add a second shot to the tearful four year old group. Then > around 6 months ago (might be longer- time flies when you're having fun) I > read an article somewhere (?Pediatrics maybe) that showed that there are > side effects in children who get the MMR booster at > age 4-6 than at age 11-12. It made me feel a little better about having to > change. Does anybody remember that article. Regards Kim Burlingham, MD > Rural Peds in East Texas USA. where thanks to El Ni~o it is so dry that the > town fireworks have been canceled for fear of burning the place > down...Happy Fourth of July:)))). > ---------- > > From: > > To: > > Subject: Re: MMR boosters > > Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 8:16 AM > > > > In a message dated 7/3/1998 12:00:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > writes: > > > > > I had thought that years ago I had read that you get a better > > > anamnestic response by giving the 2nd booster later (like just before > > > middle school) but most states have opted to MMR before KG because of > the > > > higher percentage of kids that are seen by health officials at that > time. > > > > > I had the same perception, but I'm not sure where I read it. The > original > > recommendation from the AAP was for a 2nd dose before middle school, but > the > > CDC said to do it before Kg, and all the health depts and school boards > > usually use CDC recommendations. > > > > Moshe Adler, MD > > > group. "http://www.pcc.com/lists/"; > > > group. >