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Chickenpox/Shingles Vaccine
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Jan 5, 2009
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
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There are around 300,000 cases of CP/yer in the UK In 999 cases/1000 CP is a trivial illness (Prof Adam Finn. Paediatriciacian, Bristol University Medical School) Most people make a full recovery, but several hundred suffere complications such as pneumonia, blood poisoning, infection by flesh-eating bacteria. 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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