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Originally Posted by sbaglio
Sohmakun,
Respectfully, I have seen several children here in the US die of varicella (chicken pox), in the hospital, in front of me. All were children who were on chemotherapy, and were exposed to the virus in the community.
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With all respect, last time I checked majority of infants are not born with dangerous levels of cancer in the body so this doesn't situation doesn't apply to me. I also mentioned earlier that if my child had a medical problem then I would consider it but as of right now I don't see the point.
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Originally Posted by sbaglio
The disease in adolescents (non-immunocompromised), however, can be life-threatening. Preventing death is not the only goal of vaccination; reducing morbidity is the goal as well.
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On average about 100-150 American die from chicken pox each year and 10,000 require hospitalization. That's a relatively small number compared to 300 million people who live here. Not to mention the chicken pox shot is only 95% effective. Therefore, if my logic is right, my child has a 5% chance of getting chicken pox even if I take the vaccine verses a less than 1% chance of dying from it if I don't take it.
If you ask me this statistic alone tells me I don't need it.