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Originally Posted by ISUKappa
But, by catching chicken pox naturally at a young age where the symptoms and complications are less severe, the body is more or less immune for the rest of their life.
Again, that's my understanding.
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I was always told that you can only get chicken pox once; However once you have chicken pox, the virus stays in your body and you can get shingles.
So as I understand it, the vaccine prevents chicken pox and you can't get shingles without having had the chicken pox first. (so it sort-of prevents two things).
Hope this makes sense.