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Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-05-23 22:57:01 +0000

Wow, thanks for the heads up.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-05-24 02:30:12 +0000

Jesus - hope yr okay I'm playing 'Happy Colored Marbles' by Ween for you right now - not sure if that will do you good or not - Id like to think there are more positive vibes because of it...

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-24 05:54:37 +0000

Typhoid Frankie!

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-24 14:45:19 +0000

Yikes! Feel better and I hope no one else gets sick.

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-24 15:05:40 +0000

No worries. I'm fine now. Just get immunized for the Measles. It really does make a world of difference.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-24 16:25:03 +0000

The Globe: scooped!

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-24 17:04:27 +0000

Wow! That just goes to show RS.N is where it all happens!

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-24 18:00:03 +0000

My vaccination records are being sent to the Somerville health department.

Posted by Honar the librarian on 2006-05-24 18:15:08 +0000

Too bad my immunization records were discovered after the shot...

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-24 20:49:57 +0000

For the record, I have not worked since thursday of last week. THat's right I have been off for 5 days. However, I am so paranoid of giving people the measles that I don't want to go anywhere. Anyway my company is not even calling me back at this point. I mine as well go on a road trip. They have someone there innoculating everyone that doesn't have documentation of their shots. I have a feeling that my innoculation from when I was a kid didn't work. So I have gone through 2 cases of beer, I started playing the keyboard again and washed my car. THe entire IT department at Investors Bank and Trust consists of Indians with names like Vencat. I have nothing against these folks. However WTF? Don't bring your rare communicable deseases to my air conditioned office. SHEESH

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-24 21:00:57 +0000

Road trip this weekend for TGL and dawnbixtler -- get in the van!

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-24 21:59:14 +0000

My pediatrician and primary care can't find my records (my 'rents are in Africa or Germany at this point, I think), and because I work in Longwood, they have "suggested" that I stay away from work until I get test results back that say that I'm immune, which should be Tuesday. A few days off for fun? Probably not-- now I'm completely paranoid-- I'm itchy all over, have a stuffy nose, feel like crap, you name it. And I made the mistake of bringing home a bunch of books I should read for work. Thanks, Bank. I appreciate it.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-25 04:36:50 +0000

The ONE TIME g_lib rolls on a Monday!

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 12:57:33 +0000

Sorry Glib I have no control over the Measles. Anyway the Somerville Public Health Nurse told me to post the following. She wants anyone at the party to give her proof of two innoculations before the long weekend. The state is taking this very seriously:) Dear Friends of Frank: You are receiving this email because I believe you may have been exposed to measles. Measles can be a very serious disease for babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and immunocompromised persons. It is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS and the virus remains suspended in the air for up to two hours, so you don't even have to have direct contact with someone to give them the disease. You are CONTAGIOUS even BEFORE YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS. For this reason, I am asking your cooperation in forwarding me your immunization record or titer result as soon as possible. In order to be immune to measles, you must have had two doses of MMR vaccine or a positive titer. Please DO NOT assume that you have been fully immunized. The MMR vaccine was not routinely used before 1976 and two doses were not required for school entry (kindergarten) until 1990. Universities make their own requirements, so university attendance does not constitute proof of immunity. Attached is a fact sheet about measles from the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health Please call me if you have further questions. I would like to receive everyone's records by tomorrow. I understand that Frank first contacted you last week, so I believe many of you have already been working on obtaining them.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-25 13:41:42 +0000

PS-- Has anyone gotten in touch with Robbie and the Reverend?

Posted by MF DU on 2006-05-25 13:44:28 +0000

Please post the play by play - Very sorry I wasnt able to make this particular road trip. Mr. Mr. should totally go on the roadtrip - words and photos gentlemen!

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 14:28:51 +0000

"spreadin disease all across the land" Beck I don't have the cooties anymore I swear.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-25 14:37:38 +0000

I wasn't at any party. I was, however, Making Monday Tuesday.

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 14:52:31 +0000

I like big butts and I cannot lie.

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 14:53:06 +0000

Robbie and the Reverend were contacted through Big Game and Rory

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 15:25:29 +0000

Liz Quaratiello, RN Public Health Nurse, City of Somerville (617) 625-6600, ext. 4306 (direct) (617) 625-6600, ext. 4300 (office) (617) 629-3040 (fax)

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-25 15:53:59 +0000

Here's what I want to know: Is it possible that Glib, the "BH", or db were contagious last night?

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-05-25 16:05:21 +0000

Yes the problem with the Measles is that the incubation period is 5 to 21 days. So 5 to 21 days after 5/15/06 when I made Monday Tuesday there is a chance that anyone who was at the 3 that has not had two shots of MMR innoculation has the measles. Which would be the 2nd generation. Please call your doctor and get a shot within 72 hours of contact with the 2nd generation if you are worried about it.

Posted by Honar the librarian on 2006-05-25 16:39:19 +0000

Per the CDC "More than 95% of the people who receive a single dose of MMR will develop immunity to all three viruses. A second gives immunity to almost all of those who did not respond to the first dose." We are talking outside chance that either bh or db has measles (or any body else who made Monday Tuesday), making it even less likely that you in turn caught them, tgl. So yes it's possible. It's also highly unlikely.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-05-25 20:59:42 +0000

Finally: a bit of non-hysteria.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-05-25 21:11:32 +0000

So, Miriam, MF DU, Travis, Selendar and I finally have a reason not be to jealous of all ye Boston-dwellers, what with the packed social calendars and the making of certain days of the week into certain other days of the week? Well, damn. Um... thanks, mr. mister?

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-25 21:22:50 +0000

hear hear...or is it here here...or there there?

Posted by MF DU on 2006-05-26 01:35:19 +0000

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Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-26 04:47:58 +0000

I've been double vaccinated, and I'm good.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-05-26 12:52:50 +0000

I, too, am not in the 617

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-05-26 13:41:27 +0000

Solidarity!

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-05-26 13:45:14 +0000

Wave that flag!

Posted by theduane on 2006-05-27 20:22:39 +0000

i have been "given" the next couple days off of work, due to the inability to track my medical records over this long weekend. or, as liz the very kind public health nurse who is tracking this outbreak put it, "we would have to exclude you from work until we can verify whether or not you had the shots." motherfuck. my mother swears that i had my shots, but can't find the documentation. i think i will post a bunch of shit for sale on ebay and paint my apartment and watch princess mononoke. alone. my throat does hurt a little bit, now that you mention it...

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-30 14:10:08 +0000

Hope you don't get sick...and that your sore throat is just from all the complaining.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-30 14:40:43 +0000

Got my test back-- immune! Good thing I found that out after I went down to the cape for the weekend a day early... PS-- Did I crack a book the whole weekend? Guess.