Is the chicken pox vaccine mandetory?I came down with a heavy case of chicken pox when I was in the 6th grade. It was the worst experience in my life and I still have scars on my face from it. Now as an adult I am wonderig - wouldn't I have been required to have gotten the vaccine? Could it be that my mom chose not to have me get it? Or is it common not to get that vaccine?
I am over 30 so maybe it wasn't available. Thanks.
Answer by Dave
As of right now it isn't I dont believe. Could change in the future though since it has seen promising results
Answer by tumbles77
no, it's still not required. Ithough in another 10-20 years i'm sure they will be... t's also possible, depending on how old you are that it was not available yet when you were young. Most people older than 15-20 yrs. have not been vaccinated.
Answer by inzanium
That vaccine wasn't really available when you were a kid, it really only became the standard of practice over the past 5-10 years.
She also could have chosen not to get it, no vaccines are mandatory (although schools can raise a stink if someone is not immunized).
Anyways, you now have the same immunity as a vaccinated person, I ended up getting chickenpox as well as a kid, not fun, I remember
Answer by Odile
In Canada it has only been since about 2004 that chicken pox vaccine was routinely available to one year olds and through the grade six program. Maybe it wasn't offered when you were younger.
Answer by peacelily
The use of the chickenpox vaccine in children over 1 was approved in the United States in 1995, and it is currently required for school entry. However, all states permit medical exemptions for children who are immuno-compromised, have allergic reactions to vaccine constituents, have moderate or severe illness, or other medical contraindications to vaccination; also all states (except Mississippi and West Virginia) provide waivers permitting parents to object to mandated vaccines based upon their religious or philosophical beliefs.
History of chickenpox vaccine:
The chickenpox vaccination was invented for children with cancer. Chickenpox in children with leukemia or other cancer on chemo or other high-risk children on high dose steroids can be very dangerous and potentially deadly. The vaccine was a godsend for these children, and it was assumed that it would remain a vaccine for high-risk children. Problem was, there was no money in it. So for years, the manufacturer approached the American Academy of Pediatrics at national meetings to inform them they weren't making enough money with the vaccine and might have to stop production and to try and convince them to recommend it as a vaccine for everyone. They were literally laughed out of the majority of the meetings, because it's common knowledge that the immunities supplied by vaccines have a tendency to rise, then plateau, and finally fall (the reason for "boosters"), while natural immunites are lifelong. So it would be unwise to move chicken pox, a relatively innocuous disease in children with healthy immune systems into adulthood where it could endanger a pregnancy or someone's life. When you look into chickenpox related deaths, you'll find that they either involve high-risk children on steroids or chemo, or adults who have been exposed through children, and who also may be on high dose steroids. One child in particular who had mild asthma and was treated with corticosteroids died of chickenpox during the 1 to 2 year gap when the manufacturer had pulled the vaccine to punish the AAP for not approving it. That is an extremely sad case, because it involved one of the very high-risk children for whom the vaccine was intended.
Research has shown that vaccinating children against chickenpox could increase the risk of adults developing shingles, a painful blistering rash that is potentially dangerous in the elderly:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/05/29/chickenpox-vaccine-part-three.aspx
Younger children commonly have milder symptoms and fewer blisters than older children or adults. http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html#
Our oldest two children (born in 1987 and 1989) both had very mild cases of chickenpox when they were 3 and 4. Our 9 year-old received the vaccination (along with the 30+ other vaccinations on schedule) and developed a regressive form of autism. We now have a perfectly healthy 14-month old, whose apgar score was 10, and he's been super healthy ever since. I hope to expose him to the virus somewhere between 2 and 4 so that he will be able to develop a natural, lifelong immunity to the disease.
Get the facts on the chickenpox vaccine, treatment, causes (varicella zoster virus, VZV), symptoms and signs (itchy, red rash).
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