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Chickenpox vaccine?
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Support for chickenpox vaccinations in children Source: Booby.
"Vaccinating all children is the only way to prevent severe illness and death from chickenpox, researchers have said. "
"In one 13-month period in the UK and Irish Republic, there were six deaths and 112 cases of severe complications among children, they said."
Would you opt to have your child vaccinated against chickenpox? At this point, I don't think I would as the risk of complications are very rare, and I don't know what the risks vs benefits of the vaccination are.
I also agree with what Nigel Scott said:
Thoughts?
"Vaccinating all children is the only way to prevent severe illness and death from chickenpox, researchers have said. "
"In one 13-month period in the UK and Irish Republic, there were six deaths and 112 cases of severe complications among children, they said."
Would you opt to have your child vaccinated against chickenpox? At this point, I don't think I would as the risk of complications are very rare, and I don't know what the risks vs benefits of the vaccination are.
I also agree with what Nigel Scott said:
"If we had to choose between the two, we would advocate vaccinating the elderly, as shingles is far more likely to cause serious health problems in many more people than is chickenpox in the young.
"Any benefits to children from a chickenpox vaccine would have to be offset against any potential increase in adult chickenpox and shingles in the elderly.
"The effect on the whole population needs to be considered, not just one age group."
Thoughts?
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ps I don't know much about it...
Considering that over 400,000 children contract it each year, only 6 dying is very low. It's very tragic but I don't see what possible difference a vaccine would make. Chicken pox is one of those childhood diseases which is part of growing up. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger as the saying goes.
exactly. most children get it, and for most children theyre less ill than with the common cold. You can get complications from anything. Now the pharmaceutical companies have the chance to make big bucks from this vaccine we're all gonna hear about what a killer chickenpox is, and since it actually isnt, it just makes the message about other immunisations less strong
That makes to sense to me because me and my brother caught it from my aunt who was in her 20's at the time.
I dont personally see how it worth it. Yes there are risks and it can rarely cause deaths, but its not worth vaccinating against.
Most people get chicken pox when theyre young, they go through the illness with no complications. Once you have had chicken pox the virus stays with you, suppressed by your immune system. The virus can sometimes be 'reactivated' leading to shingles, which manifests in a different way to chicken pox.
I think it may well be worth it myself.
Also they already vaccinate against it in the states and I have a suspicion that it may end up the UK follows them.
I think in that artical they were acutally just suggesting it as being a good idea for people who hadnt already caught it as a child.
For every one of the families of the 6 children that died due to chicken pox, it's obviously a tragedy - but I'm not sure it's worth expending a lot of money on a vaccine for something that only builds our immune systems. And i suspect that there would be complications due to the vaccine in some people as well - there usually are.
My mum sent us round to a friends' to get chicken pox when I was about 7. It sort of backfired on her as she ended up getting it and was much iller than either me or my sister!
:crazyeyes :eek: you truly have face reality with so much money ,going to research for this or that.it comes down to do i have the right docter if yes,then good. but if not,hello trobble