#titer testing

I had titer testing done found that my MMR and Tdap vaccines needed updating, with my doctor’s guidance.

I’d suggest for anyone who’s able to do the same. It may be in Texas now, but our world is fairly borderless thanks to travel. This absolute failure of “leadership” will allow previously-controlled diseases to spread; look out for yourselves.

Government webpages across all sectors are being edited or removed, so here’s an archived link to the CDC vaccination schedule:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250115125828/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/adult-age.html

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A titer is a simple blood draw to determine if someone still has antibodies to a particular vaccine, the covid antibody test is a titer for either covid or the covid vaccine.

Titers are used in many different environments, schools use them (mostly private schools) and many colleges, they are huge in sports because of the direct contact and risk of blood exposure, employers use them (big in hospitals).

Titers we do 1. MMR 2. Hepatitis B 3. Varicella 4. TDap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) 5. Tuberculosis

a. Please market this as the QuantiFERON TB Gold test, we do not do the skin test, we do the blood draw. Please also market this as the better test, there is no need for the donor to come back and get their TB test “read” as they have to with the traditional skin test. The QuantiFERON test is a simple blood draw and then we give them the results. People also prefer this because we are not putting anything “in” them as the traditional TB test puts something in their arm that their body reacts to, many people don’t like this.

The tested range is 1:20 to 1:1280 (technically this could be higher, 1280 is just as far as the test shows)

Cassy tested 1:640

Vega tested 1:1280

With all the anti-vaxxers in my dog park’s Facebook group, I thought it would be interesting to post about titering.

My stance is: if you have the money, go for it. You gotta do what’s good for you and your pet.

Good read on titer testing, if anyone’s interested. 

Me personally I vaccinate Zoe and Esme for the usual every year. I can’t afford a titer test and my belief is that it’s better to be safe rather then sorry.