[funnynurse]

You do NOT want your son to contract chicken pox as an adult, it can be a lot more serious then.

And don't fall into the trap of thinking "well he made it this far"....all three of my sisters had the ckn pox as adults, and a coworker contracted them at age 41.

Again, PLEASE vaccinate, folks.

[carmody]

FWIW ... My children were 3 & 1 when the chicken pox vaccine first showed up at the pediatrician's office. He had a pamphlet for me to read. The pamphlet, and the doctor, promoted the vaccine as beneficial to working parents who could not afford to stay home from work while their children were in quarantine. He advised that since our children were not in day care or school, the vaccine wasn't necessary. It was only later that the pox vaccine became urgent. I guess when the pharmacy profits were added in to the equation.

[hinckley buzzard]

You do NOT want your son to contract chicken pox as an adult,

Glad you said this. "Chickenpox" as an adult is called "shingles" and is a serious, painful disease which persists a lot longer than the few days of inconveience which childhood chickenpox involves.

No caring parent would attempt to prevent their child from chickenpox when it is a relatively insignificant inconvenience for a few days. In fact of course, if your child was "exposed" to chickenpox for any length of time, s/he probably is in fact immune.