Before the development of chickenpox vaccine, chickenpox was considered to be an inconsequential disease. According to promotions by the manufacturer, the most pressing need for this vaccine is to eliminate loss of wages while someone stays home with the child during the four days to two weeks the illness lasts or is contagious.
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- Vaccines, Weather to Blame for Rising Chicken Pox Cases (11/10/2008)
- Even Vaccinated Children Can Catch, Transmit Illness (11/10/2008)
- Chickenpox and Its Vaccine (11/10/2008)
- Chickenpox Vaccine by Sherri Tenpenny DO (10/21/2008)
- Single Chickenpox Shot May Not Be Enough (2/18/2004)
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Related External Articles
- Review of the United States universal varicella vaccination program: Herpes zoster incidence rates, cost-effectiveness, and vaccine efficacy based primarily on the Antelope Valley Varicella Active Surveillance Project data – G.S. Goldman and P.G. King – Vaccine Volume 31, Issue 13, 25 March 2013 – “Universal varicella vaccination has not proven to be cost-effective as increased HZ morbidity has disproportionately offset cost savings associated with reductions in varicella disease.”
- The Chickenpox Vaccine by F. Edward Yazbak, MD FAAP
- Vitamin C, Shingles, and Vaccination by Dr. Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD
- Chickenpox jab ‘could hurt adults’
- Chickenpox: the Disease and the Vaccine Fact Sheet
- Searched pages from the Vaccination Liberation website
- National Vaccine Information Center Challenges Conclusions of Published Report on Chicken Pox Vaccine VAERS Data
