r/Vaccine

I received an MMR booster on July 7th as a result of low immunity to Rubella. My doctor has advised that I wait three months before trying to conceive but all the government guidance I can find says to wait 28 days. Her main reasoning is risking Congenital Rubella Syndrome from the vaccine because it’s live.

My husband and I have plans to try to conceive in September (around the 10th). I plan on testing my rubella immunity before this.

Thoughts on the risks?

This piece is a more popular version of a chapter I wrote for an academic book in Catholic bioethics that was published not too long ago.

I explain why Catholic hospitals, schools, etc. have vaccine mandates and should do so. The focus is on the ethical reasoning behind these: I am assuming the science of vaccines.

Just wanted to check if anyone missed a period after taking the vaccine. My period was due on the 17th of July and I got the vaccine on the 15th of July. I completely skipped my period and now waiting for the next one to come. Has this happened to anyone? Any advice or help would be appreciated :)

HI!! i just got my first dose today for men B and my next dose is said to be after the 16th of september (which is a week before welcome week), should i get in then or wait till christmas? ( i am moving out my home town for uni)

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to hear from other parents who may have experienced something similar.

My 6-month-old had her first Bexsero (MenB) vaccine, and within about an hour we noticed red/purple spots and blotches appearing under the skin on her legs. Over the following hours they became progressively worse. She also developed a fever and was very fussy.

We were advised to attend urgent care multiple times as things progressed, and we saw several doctors. Every doctor who examined her in person agreed that what we were seeing was not a typical rash. Different possibilities were discussed, including thrombocytopenia (which was ruled out) and an allergic reaction, but nobody could give us a definite explanation.

The spots eventually disappeared, but it took around two weeks.

Our vaccine nurse, who stayed involved throughout the whole experience, submitted an IMAC query. She has worked with vaccines for around 40 years and told us she'd never seen or heard of a reaction like this.

Unfortunately, the IMAC/CARMS responses were quite unsatisfactory. They repeatedly referred to it as a “rash,” despite the doctors who actually examined her saying it wasn't a rash. Other explanations included me possibly having consumed dairy because of her dairy allergy, and our ethnicity being mentioned in relation to measles risk. I also felt like my concerns were being treated as though I was anti-vaccine, which I'm absolutely not.

Now we're facing the decision about her second Bexsero dose. I absolutely want her protected against MenB, but after such a strange and prolonged reaction, I don't feel comfortable proceeding without understanding what happened.

I know Reddit can't tell me whether she should have another dose, but I'm really hoping to hear from parents who've had unusual reactions to Bexsero or other vaccines, particularly red/purple spots or blotches under the skin.

What would you do if your child had a reaction that multiple doctors couldn't explain, and the follow-up investigation essentially gave you no answers?

I'm not anti-vax at all — I just want to make an informed decision and feel confident that I'm doing the safest thing for my daughter. ❤️

So... for the new flu shot, yesterday the CVS pharmacy staff said its available and that they will only use the MRNA vaccine this year.

Though it's a bit early, i want to schedule my shot for the first half of September. Are there any anecdotal reports of side effects or comparisons in efficacy re the previous form of flu shot?

I was surprised the new vax was available already. Not to be too distrustful, but have others here heard that it is ready?

I live in the UK and am going to University this year, living at home and commuting in but right now i do intend on being there for a fairly long time each day and completing my work at uni rather than trying to come home all the time. I just got my first dose of the vaccine today because they're recommending that University students get the vaccine

My dad has been getting annoyed insisting i do not need the Men B vaccine whenever I bring it up because it spreads through kissing / during the nightlife and I am not really going to do that (I do agree with this part I'm not doing all that)

On a lot of news reports they list coughing and sneezing as ways the disease can spread, as well as living in the same home which obviously I'm not in halls but I will be around the people in my course and going to the student hub, hopefully making and hanging out with some friends so i'll be in closer contact with some people.

So as well as being in this age group where it more commonly spreads I also have coeliac disease, which is considered an autoimmune disorder. I honestly don't truly understand each part as my main conversations with doctors is about my diet, all i do know is i get notifications on my nhs app to get free covid and flu vaccines every year which means I'm definitely considered at risk, and I also know how bad meningitis can be just for a healthy person.

I have no doubts about getting the vaccines even if i might not catch it but, Is my dad being really weird about this or is it true that i likely won't catch it?

edit: I did say in this post that I already got the vaccine (made some parts bold for more clarity i guess) and he also does know, he just seems to be insistent that i do not need it to an odd extent when it's just some simple jabs. I'm not 100% sure if it's about dating because as i also said in this post i agree that that's something i won't do, for more clarity I identify as aroace he doesn't know that i think, i always say i'm not interested in anyone at all if some kind of 'dating conversation' comes up and cannot be bothered to explain beyond that but i assume he got no nightlife + no kissing from what I often tell him. I also hate parties and loud music, I'm like super boring.

So with that being said to me it feels like a medical thing which is the even weirder part cause obviously the only downside is a sore arm and mild illness as oppose to possible death if I did happen to catch it. Some of the comments are not so helpful but also if i already got the vaccine and laid out information there aren't many answers to give, I'm honestly just venting because he's really annoying me with his stupid take on this.

Some context: I've got an egg allergy that causes anaphylaxis. I've had some very close scares and I have to carry an epipen with me. I had the MMR vaccine once as a child, but had a pretty severe reaction to it and was recommended to not take it as part of the vaccine schedule. I have not had it since, neither has any doctor recommended I take it.

Here's the thing though, I'm going to be entering a program at my college for a medical job that will require me to do clinicals. Before I can do clinicals they do health screenings and check for required vaccines, which the MMR is one of them. They said if I have antibodies still, then I may not have to take it, but there's a chance I may have to. I know current research says that it's perfectly safe for a person with an egg allergy to take the MMR vaccine, but due to my past reaction to it, I am very scared.

So, to mitigate that fear, I wanted to know if it's possible I can get the vaccine at a local hospital ,as opposed to my doctor's office or a pharmacy. Mainly because I would like to be as close to the hospital as possible to be treated for anaphylaxis if worst case scenario were to happen. I'm scared of getting the vaccine, but I'm even more scared of catching measles or not being able to get into my preferred career.

I’m 19F and I don’t really remember whether I’ve received the HPV vaccine. I’m kind of in denial about it and unsure whether I should just go and get vaccinated. How should I go about this?

Also is it too late to vaccinated if i haven't?

I’m in the US. I am curious what is recommended vaccine schedule for children in the UK

Does anyone know if the new executive order will make it harder to get the regular, pediatric and epidemiologist recommend, vaccine schedule? Trump made an executive order to move from 18 diseases vaccinated against to 11 and that’s worries me so much!!! I’m 19 weeks so it could change again by the time I give birth but I want what’s best for my baby and what he recommends is definitely NOT. IT.

I have to get the meningitis vaccine (MenACWY) for school, but my specialist doctor recommended I also get the MenB. I was just curious if people who have had both thought one was worse or better than the other? What their side effects were?

I just got MenACWY today and am supposed to do MenB sometime next week and I’m not having a great time with this one lol chief complaint being nausea and fatigue, mild headache.

Federal officials today announced an unprecedented overhaul of the US childhood immunization schedule, paring the number of universally recommended immunizations from 17 to 11. What do you think about these changes? Is it safe?

[https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/hhs-announces-unprecedented-overhaul-us-childhood-vaccine-schedule](https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/hhs-announces-unprecedented-overhaul-us-childhood-vaccine-schedule)

Trump made this an executive order today, 8/10/2026

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