The chickenpox vaccine is safer than a chickenpox party. Why? Although it's rare, some people do die from chickenpox, and evidence also indicates that those who've been vaccinated have a lower risk of developing shingles later in life.
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a practicing pediatrician and a Stanford and CNN Global Health and Media Fellow.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin recently said he chose to expose all nine of his children to the chickenpox instead of giving them the vaccine. "They had it as children. They were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine," Bevin said in an interview with WKCT, a Bowling Green, Kentucky, radio station.So-called chickenpox parties, in which parents expose their kids to the disease based on the belief that it will be more serious if contracted as an adult, are not a new concept. Before vaccines became available, the parties used to be very popular for diseases such as chickenpox or measles.
Chickenpox can be more serious in pregnant women and children under age 1. The vaccine is not indicated for either of these groups, hence the importance of everyone else being vaccinated and stopping the spread of this illness. The CDC also explains that complications from the chickenpox include bacterial superinfections of the skin, blisters, pneumonia, and extension of the infection to the central nervous system -- in addition to hospitalization and death.
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