Why do people believe the chicken pox vaccine confers lifelong immunity?
Question by Veritas: Why do people believe the chicken pox vaccine confers lifelong immunity?
I know two people in my own family that have had chicken pox as adults (horrible cases) and yet they got the vaccine as children. Doctors are giving parents a fake assurance. I did not vaccinate my toddler and she got chicken pox last year. A mild case and now she is immune for life. A vaccine cannot promise that. Doctors can only hope they are as effective as they say. I’ve seen proof otherwise. In fact, in the State of Kansas right now, the Centers for Disease Control is studying over 700 CASES of people who were vaccinated for mumps but still contracted the disease.
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Answer by SoBored
Ok so you get the vaccine and lower your risk of contracting chicken pox……. maybe you will still get it and then be immune….
Or you will just not get the vaccine and nearly for sure get chicken pox at some point…
Either way you may or may not get it…so who cares?
I dont recall my doctor ever telling me “YOU WILL FOR SURE NEVER GET CHICKEN POX EVER IF I GIVE YOU THIS SHOT”
maybe you need a new dr.
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May 8th, 2011 at 7:36 am
Because it usually does. Some people can get it twice, but the second time around is very slight. Chicken pox can be very perilous for an adult who has never had them before, so it’s excellent thought to get immunized against iit if youve never had them.
*NOTE: The vaccine is not as effective in gaurding against the chickenpox, than really having the disease previously. If you have been vaccinated as a child, you still need to get a booster of the vaccine every 10 years or so.