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What if you had a chickenpox vaccine shot as a kid? Does that protect you from shingles?


20 posted on 03/03/2019 5:05:57 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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What if you had a chickenpox vaccine shot as a kid? Does that protect you from shingles?

The pharmacist who gave me my shot told me they don't know yet.

37 posted on 03/03/2019 6:32:51 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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What if you had a chickenpox vaccine shot as a kid? Does that protect you from shingles?

The nurse that gave my teenage son the chickenpox vaccine shots said the shots actually make you susceptible to shingles.

Hard to figure what to do on this one.

56 posted on 03/03/2019 8:17:11 AM PST by BikerTrash
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“What if you had a chickenpox vaccine shot as a kid? Does that protect you from shingles?”

No. The chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.


91 posted on 03/28/2019 6:47:43 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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