[prismsinc]

Chickenpox can cause sterility in boys!!! (not saying u should forced, however)

[Tamar1973]

Only if they catch it when they are older, like in their teen years and beyond. Since the chickenpox vaccine wears off, it actually increases the likelihood that someone will catch chickenpox when they are older and more susceptible to permanent damage while if they leave it alone, a young child with chicken pox has permanent immunity and no permanent damage to their reproductive organs.

[Question_Assumptions]

I have two girls, so why should they be vaccinated for a disease that makes boys sterile? Should we demand that boys get the HPV vaccine, too, since they are the infection vector? And given that the Chicken Pox vaccine loses efectivenes over time, unlike natural immunity, and the sterility and serious problems are more likely when a person is older, aren't we setting people up to get Chicken Pox later in life when they've lost their vaccine immunity to it? Or will we start demanding that adults get boosters, too, by law? I know you're more flexible than that but I don't think the ends justify the means here.

[calex59]

I had chicken pox, whooping cough, measles(both kinds) and mumps. I am not sterile, at least my ex-wife doesn’t think so and my daughter, who celebrated her 45th birthday today, doesn’t think so either. I am glad for the Polio vaccine, I remember as a child every year during the summer we were warned not to swim(but we did anyway)and then Salk’s vaccine came out, and we were ecstatic. He did a great service to the country, but that doesn’t mean all vaccines are great. Small pox vaccine is a winner, I will buy into that! Most vaccines help more than they harm, I would wish that I didn’t ever have chicken pox or measles(both kinds), but I did.

[jacquej]

Are you sure about that?

If I remember correctly, it is mumps that can cause this if contracted after puberty in boys/men