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I had a mild case when i was around 10 YO, about 1979. As soon as I turned 50 I got the shingles vaccine.
I have no problem with vaccines, but I do not think anyone should be forced to get one.
I had chickenpox when I was 6. I don't believe there was a vaccine available for it in those days (the 70s). I've also had shingles, which was no kind of fun. I keep meaning to get the shingles vaccine but haven't yet. Unlike chickenpox, I understand you are actually more likely to have shingles if you already had it once.
Same experience , here. The vaccine was not available till the mid 90’s.
I also had Shingles , substantially more painful than natural childbirth. I chose to take the Shingles vaccine, (once it became available ( 2006/7) to reduce the likelihood of a repeat.
Had chicken pox when I was about five. Not a big deal. I don't see why there should even be a vaccine for it except that someone just wrote that it's worse for adults if they get it. In that case, get vaccinated when you're an adult. I say that because I think kids are loaded with too many vaccines and chicken pox isn't a dangerous disease.
I got the shingles shots (series of two) and I think that's an important one to get.
It’s worse for older kids too. I knew a couple who’s 12-year old kid got Chicken Pox and a pustule was on the back of her neck. The infection went into her brain and killed her. I would think it could happen to younger people too if it got near the brain. Prior to the vaccine Chicken Pox killed about 100 people every year. And since it’s a one and done type of virus why not have a vaccine? It seems perfect for it.
They is now a double dose shingles vax. I took it. My dad had shingles, and it showed up in his face near his eye. I will take 20 shots not to go what he went through. I’m 68 now but had Bell’s palsy at 24. I don’t know how that affects anything else, but all in the same family of virus. Ugh. I did ok with treatment on the palsy.
I had Shingles in my lower back. Much more painful than natural childbirth.
I have a neighbor who had it in his face, near an ear. A part of his lobe had to be removed. People have lost their sight when Shingles locates around the eye.
Unlike SARS CoV- 19 and variants or influenza, Shingles is not transmissible, person to person.
My veterinarian friend was telling about the sugar cube polio vaccine he took when he was a kid. I had never heard of that.
He told me he also thinks there will eventually be an intra-nasal version of the covid vaccine.
I knew a woman who got polio from her baby after the baby got the sugar cube polio vaccine. It was live vaccine then.
My mom told me that we had the sugar cube vaccine, but my mother was young enough when she had us that she also got the polio vaccine in the ‘50s or early ‘60s to go to school. I believe the lady I knew who got polio had never had the vaccine. She may have been older and never had to take it to attend school.
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I got the chickenpox in 1995 right before the vaccine became available. I was 7 years old and it was in the summertime. The main symptom I remember was constant itching... I think I had it for like three weeks. I was just mad I had to miss out on a swimming pool party lol.
I had Shingles in my lower back. Much more painful than natural childbirth.
I have a neighbor who had it in his face, near an ear. A part of his lobe had to be removed. People have lost their sight when Shingles locates around the eye.
Unlike SARS CoV- 19 and variants or influenza, Shingles is not transmissible, person to person.
A person with shingles can give someone else chicken pox (unless they’ve already had it or the vaccine for it).
I had chicken pox twice, both times before the age of 2.
What's the point of this thread, other than to share childhood disease histories?
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