I just looked this up, I did not know this. There is a theory that more older adults will contract shingles in the future due to children getting the chicken pox vaccine. The reason for this is that after having chicken pox, repeated exposure over your lifetime to children who have chicken pox acts like a booster to the adults immune system. Now that children are receiving the vaccine, and childhood chicken pox is eliminated ( although most likely to reoccur as people age) adults are no longer getting the booster effect, making them more susceptible to shingles. I find that very interesting.
“Now that children are receiving the vaccine, and childhood chicken pox is eliminated ( although most likely to reoccur as people age) adults are no longer getting the booster effect, making them more susceptible to shingles.I find that very interesting.”
I do, as well.