[erkelly]

Yes, indeed, one of the horrors of chickenpox is shingles in your elder years, another horror is contracting the disease while you are pregnant and giving birth to an autistic child (real autism) or, another horror, testicular atrophy with the inability to father children. If an adult who is not immune is exposed to a child with chickenpox, the resulting illness can be VERY serious and possibly fatal. So yes, I agree with you, it is horrible not to vaccinate your child against chickenpox. I do agree, however, that the way we routinely vaccinate children now is not ideal, and if I were a young parent, I would insist that my child’s vaccinations be spaced out much more than they are, the way it used to be done.

[so_real]

Pish posh. I had chicken pox as a child. No big deal. I had shingles as an adult. That was actually pretty awful. But I was never at risk for a "guillain barre" reaction to the vaccine, which would have been so much worse. So I'll chalk it up as a win in the big picture for me. The other unvaccinated adults in my family don't seem to mind either.