Just an update for anyone who might care. I do NOT have measles. Yay! However I did learn that 3% of those seemingly immune to measles can still catch it if their immune system is down. That is scary!

I don't know what exactly what I had that gave me the rash and the cough, pink eye, nasal congestion, sore throat etc. If it was strep, I have recovered on my own.

I finally went to the doctor today, after being cleared of measles after a 6 day wait, since my blood sample had to go from Hawaii to Utah for testing. I had a strep throat culture which took 5 minutes and a good talk with the nurse. Don't know what it is/was, but I have antibiotics to knock it out if it doesn't continue to improve.

I still stand that anti-vaxxers should have to go through some sort of extra hoop when traveling or out in small but public spaces. Perhaps anyone with a cough and a fever should be given a mask at the airport. I would have worn one, when I wasn't feeling well on my way home from my trip.

I did wear a mask during my possible contagious period. My 3 year old grandson had only had his first MMR shot, so was vulnerable to measles if exposes, as were the other elderly family members I was traveling with.

This ended happily with a non-measles outcome, but it sure was a scare!

Is it possibly strep? I've heard it can make a body rash. But no, the vaccine isn't lifelong in many cases. I had to be revaccinated at 15 because there was an outbreak where I was living.

This is what the anti-vaxxers ignore: Adults get this stuff too, and many times far more severely than kids. Your 88-year-old grandma with Whooping Cough is likely to break ribs with the force of the coughing, and end up in an oxygen tent, if not worse. Thanks, you germy little contagion-carriers!
Best of luck to you........

I asked my doctor about the measles shot when this current outbreak came out. I believe I had all three measles when I was a child. She told me that if I had them, I didn't need a booster, but if I had the vaccine I would because they are finding out the vaccine doesn't last.

My two youngest children haven't had any vaccines (yes, I was an anti-vaxxer when I was young but I grew up). They are looking into getting updated on theirs (they're 29 and 30, so they would have to do it themselves). Luckily my daughter didn't follow my paranoia as my grandson is fully vaccinated.

If you had the measles you probably will have a lessened response to the pathogen. Hand washing is vital in hygiene but it has been found that the boys do it less than women. You will be fine if your immunity is strong. Get well soon. Why I don't leave my house.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thini I read somewhere that New York was the first state to legislate a religious exemption for vaccinations, and they have now repealed that exemption. I expect other states will follow suit as people sicken.

How frightening and what a mess it made of your trip. I hope you recover soon.

My stepdaughter who is about 55 now had a very dangerous bout of measles in 1981. I'm guessing she was vacinated about 1968. The doctors said they had discovered that there were several batches of the vaccination that were not any good in that era.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Didn't get it again was vaccinated again in army 1970 so I really don't know

Here in New York state we have a similar problem with high exemption rates in religious schools. The state legislature put a stop to that a few months ago ... no more religious exemptions. They did this because measles is resurgent here.