I don't watch TV, so this mumps thing has slipped in under my radar. I think I had them 'way back when, but who knows?

My weekend job is in a long-term acute care hospital. Lotsa immune-compromised patients. If I needed to be worried, Employee Health would let me know.

But what do I know about this sort of thing? I'm the woman who sent her youngest to China during the SARS scare. Kid had a great time and came home healthy, BTW. When she came home, though, the school nurse took her temp daily for a week (two?) - even chasing her down once when she didn't show up on time.