Wouldn’t it make sense to vaccinate everyone? A woman could get it from a man, right?
Not if the vaccine were in short supply or very expensive. It would make sense to only vaccinate women.
Hmm, this was mentioned earlier in the thread. Not to be snarky (really), but just requesting elucidation: what special expertise does Eve have that would enable her to get to the bottom of this? (And I assume we’re talking about how plausible Tierney’s account of how she contracted rubella may be.) How is Eve especially qualified to confirm Tierney’s contention or to debunk it? (Or is she just a crack researcher?)
Oh, and Jackmannii, you’re quite welcome. There’s evidence that in the midst of the war some localities in the U.S. (e.g., Oakland, some cities in Utah) had imposed quarantines directed at a whole slew of “childhood diseases” (including German measles), but I didn’t especially find anything placed to southern California.
In the US, we do. Everybody gets a rubella vaccine as part of the MMR vaccine.
A woman could get it from a man if she isn’t vaccinated; so long as she is vaccinated, she isn’t at risk and therefore neither is her fetus. And, at least in Spain, the protocol is to innoculate 12yo girls compulsorily. The vaccine is optional for boys. The vaccinations are held in school, both genders get several and the girls that extra shot. There is often some sort of medical checks at the same time (whatever the branch of government that’s in charge of health prevention in that particular region wants done, it can go from weighing and measuring to including blood tests and an X-ray of the back).
Tammi Terrell, Eve is, among other things, a Hollywood history published author. She’s our resident film buff.
Here in the US, rubella (German Measles) is the ‘R’ part of the MMR shot that all kids get (well, all kids who are vaccinated). Not segregated by gender.
I believe you both, really!
She’s the author of a number of Hollywood biographies for perfomrmers of that general era, including the excellently-researched Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara and Platinum Girl: The Life and Legends of Jean Harlow.