[mewzilla]

I'd take getting the infection early on in childhood over a vaccine that may or may not be problematic. Af far as I can see the vaccination is mostly for convenience sake anyway, which is a not the best way to determine what's right for a child's health.

[Black Agnes]

The stickler with vaccines is that they don't last. What's going to happen 15 years from now when kids/adults are told they have to go be revaccinated with a booster or risk getting *adult* chickenpox (far more dangerous...). This mandatory vaccination against non fatal childhood diseases is merely a money making adventure for a few pharma companies, at the expense of the rights of the parents to determind what is right or correct for their child.

[homeschool mama]

** Af far as I can see the vaccination is mostly for convenience sake anyway, which is a not the best way to determine what's right for a child's health. **

Agreed. My neighbor had all three of her kiddos vaccinated. Her reason? She'd be bored at home caring for the kids.

[Koblenz]

When I was in a Senior in high school, we took a class trip to Greece. The day after we got there, one of the kids got a fever, and came down with chicken pox. He sort of just lay in the back of the bus while we were bussed all over the country looking at old temples built by a bunch of dead white males.

I had been exposed to pox when I was little, so I didn't catch it. But about five kids in my high school hadn't had it, and when we got back, they all got it. So whatever you do, expose your kid or get your kid vaccinated early.

[luckystarmom]

Actually, chickenpox can be very deadly to children that are on steroids for asthma.

My daughter has severe asthma, and chickenpox can kill her if she gets it while she is taking prednisone.

All of my children have been vaccinated, and I am very thankful for the vaccine.

[untenured]

Af far as I can see the vaccination is mostly for convenience sake anyway, which is a not the best way to determine what's right for a child's health.

Is that true? If the article is to be believed, 100 people die and thousands are hospitalized from the disease. Do any die and are any hospitalized from the vaccine?

[redhead]

Amen. When we were kids, this was how we were vaccinated. Repeated exposures simply reinforced the immunity.