[naturalman1975]

I can't speak for Pennsylvania, but in most places I'm aware of, the blood test would not be necessary in a case where you have medical records that show you had the disease. Often, though, people can't document this.

And while some vaccines do need boosters, chickenpox doesn't need one. The vaccination normally gives lifelong immunity. That's why they don't normally give boosters for it.

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[CharlesWayneCT]

We debated the chickenpox vaccine for our kids, because getting the disease is just annoying, not usually threatening, and then you are safe, but there was no evidence yet that the vaccine would last a lifetime, and so by vaccinating we were taking a risk that they could get the disease at adulthood.

I think we ended up vaccinating anyway. Although I think one of them actually got a mild case FROM the vaccination or something.

I had it when I was a kid.