A Conversation for Chickenpox and Shingles

Chickenpox/Shingles Vaccine

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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Britain's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)is considering incorporating the chickenpox vaccine into the existing MMR triple vaccine, creating a 4-in-1 shot:


http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-1104555/Chickenpox-jab-children-pregnant-women.html

Data:

smiley - biroThere are around 300,000 cases of CP/yer in the UK
smiley - biro In 999 cases/1000 CP is a trivial illness (Prof Adam Finn. Paediatriciacian, Bristol University Medical School)
smiley - biro Most people make a full recovery, but several hundred suffere complications such as pneumonia, blood poisoning, infection by flesh-eating bacteria.
smiley - biro CP claims up to 50 lives/year, 40 of them children.

There are concerns that vaccinating ahgainst CP could cause an up surge of shingles in adults.


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