Right. The chicken pox vaccine is 98% effective. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. After having chicken pox, the virus lays dormant in the nerve roots until it is reactivated at a later age. So more people getting chicken pox as kids would lead to fewer cases of shingles later in life because there would be more people with the virus lying dormant in their nerves waiting to be reactivated? Anti-Vaxxer logic is a wonder. You guys heap scorn on the AGW charlatans but then go and believe nonsense like that. SMH.
After having chicken pox, the virus lays dormant in the nerve roots until it is reactivated at a later age. So more people getting chicken pox as kids would lead to fewer cases of shingles later in life because there would be more people with the virus lying dormant in their nerves waiting to be reactivated? Anti-Vaxxer logic is a wonder.
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I am going to explain this one more time. However, I am only responding to advance the conversation for anyone else on this thread that might be interested.
I am done speaking to you. You don’t seem to have enough intellect to add anything to this discussion other than calling people stupid or idiot.
Even if they have the vaccine, they still have the virus laying dormant. Chickenpox vaccines contain a weakened version of the live virus, which can reactivate later in life and cause shingles.
Every time you come into contact with someone infected with chickenpox, you get a natural “booster shot” that protects you from shingles.
In other words, shingles can be prevented by ordinary contact from children or grandchildren that have chickenpox. However, because of the chickenpox vaccine, there are fewer kids around with chicken pox to provide that natural immune boost.
So as chickenpox rates have declined, shingles rates have skyrocketed.