S/O: Chicken pox vaccine commercial

[Raine822]

On the radio several day ago I heard a similar advertisement to the pertussis ad but for adults to get the chicken pox vaccine. Since the chicken pox vaccine was not available when I was a child, most people my age and older had natural chicken pox. so...

Would someone who had natural chicken pox likely not be immune 15-20 years later?(I thought it was a lifelong immunity)

And, has anyone else seen/heard this one?

I am starting to suspect that we are going to be seeing more ads for adults to get vaccines again. I can't help but think this is for profit and not well being.

[Marnica]

Haven't seen it, but it doesn't shock me in the least. Commercials like this will always be around. It's just marketing.

Thanks to the CP vaccine, immunity from a natural infection may very well wane. It's supposed to be lifetime immunity because when someone who has had a wild infection is subsequently exposed to the wild strain, then they get a natural "booster". Since it is not circulating like it used to, people are less likely to get those natural boosters, resulting in a possible waning of their immunity. I had CP when I was 19....I'm not worried about getting it again, waning immunity or not.

[jessjgh1]

Yep, so we'll now need chicken pox, chicken pox boosters, shingles vax, and shingles boosters.
Jessica