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The rubella thing is getting to be really serious, as I found when I got pregnant, because a bunch of people in their 20s got MMR vaccines and boosters as kids or teenagers that were not very good, and now there are all sorts of women of childbearing years that think they're immune and are not. I found out I wasn't immune to rubella despite an initial vaccine and two boosters during childhood and adolescence--and I found out *after* I was already pregnant. I haven't been stressing out about it too much, because what's done is done, but the thought of all these unvaccinated little kids out there is worrying. The hospital I work at has now instituted a policy that all women who give birth here are offered an MMR before discharge.