Re: Vaccines
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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I think they were close to eliminating polio but there is superstition in some Asian countries that it is being used to deliberately spread polio. Such incidents don't help.
The vaccine that is a bad one is chicken pox. We don't use that in this country because it can trigger early onset of shingles attacks in adulthood. It is thought better to contract the virus as a child as this gives people better immunity against shingles later in life. Despite strong evidence they do still administer it routinely in the US.
You can only contract/develop shingles if you've previously had chicken pox.
When your immunity is low, when you're run down, stressed out, post viral, thats when it attacks.
I'm wondering if the shingles jab is a good idea...maybe you'd still develop it but it wouldn't be so bad?