Bear with me here. Just wondering if this makes any sense...
So, I've been thinking about the chicken pox vaccine. I think it's sort of ridiculous because it's a "normal childhood illness" with practically no side effects
whatever, I'm not here to talk about that... but thinking about the chicken pox vaccine, here's my thought.
I read that chicken pox is more dangerous for adults than for children. So this means that adults that have never had chicken pox are possibly in a bad position in if there's an "outbreak" of chicken pox. For children it's mild (generally, relatively) and then then they get lifetime immunity from it.
Soooo... I've had chicken pox, thus I have lifetime immunity, right? But not too long after I was a kid, they came out with the chicken pox vaccine, so presumably the majority of the population of people younger than I am were given the vaccine as young children, then boosters through school. Possibly it's required before college, now? I'm not sure, I know MMR is. So, there's this whole generation of Americans who have likely not had the actual chicken pox disease and the immunity conferred from it. Right? So... it's no big deal (supposedly - of course there's the shingles issue, but for the sake of arguement...) as long as they keep up their boosters, right?
So my worry is this: How many adults really keep up with boosters except for, say, tetanus if they get a deep cut, or the flu shot (some people)? Are we looking at an entire generation who will be vulnerable to chicken pox as adults when their last booster from their teens wears off?
Am I crazy?
don't answer that 
Just curious if this is an issue or if there's really something I'm missing from this. I mean, Chicken pox is certainly still in the population these days. We do HEAR of chicken pox parties, not to mention that people fairly frequently get shingles and chicken pox can be spread from there....
So, I've been thinking about the chicken pox vaccine. I think it's sort of ridiculous because it's a "normal childhood illness" with practically no side effects
whatever, I'm not here to talk about that... but thinking about the chicken pox vaccine, here's my thought.I read that chicken pox is more dangerous for adults than for children. So this means that adults that have never had chicken pox are possibly in a bad position in if there's an "outbreak" of chicken pox. For children it's mild (generally, relatively) and then then they get lifetime immunity from it.
Soooo... I've had chicken pox, thus I have lifetime immunity, right? But not too long after I was a kid, they came out with the chicken pox vaccine, so presumably the majority of the population of people younger than I am were given the vaccine as young children, then boosters through school. Possibly it's required before college, now? I'm not sure, I know MMR is. So, there's this whole generation of Americans who have likely not had the actual chicken pox disease and the immunity conferred from it. Right? So... it's no big deal (supposedly - of course there's the shingles issue, but for the sake of arguement...) as long as they keep up their boosters, right?
So my worry is this: How many adults really keep up with boosters except for, say, tetanus if they get a deep cut, or the flu shot (some people)? Are we looking at an entire generation who will be vulnerable to chicken pox as adults when their last booster from their teens wears off?
Am I crazy?
don't answer that Just curious if this is an issue or if there's really something I'm missing from this. I mean, Chicken pox is certainly still in the population these days. We do HEAR of chicken pox parties, not to mention that people fairly frequently get shingles and chicken pox can be spread from there....
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