vaccinate your kids, or else!!

[ForeverRoses]

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.

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.