12-01-2018, 11:14 AM
Chickenpox can be deadly to older people. One can't get shingles unless they've had chickenpox or the vaccine. I want to be protected from chickenpox without getting shingles in the exchange. I'm currently at risk of getting chickenpox but "immune" from shingles. I don't want to just switch the two, which would be what happens if I get the live vaccine. I want neither one of them.
I did some more research. "In theory" Shingrix should provide immunity to chickenpox but it's never been studied, and GlaxoSmithKline has said it's not going to study it because "there is already a chickenpox vaccine". Of course, why would drug companies want to reduce the number of products we "need"? Especially when they can give one vaccine that prevents a disease that can be caused by another?
I knew a lady who got VERY bad shingles during chemotherapy, including in her eyes. It can cause blindness.
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I did some more research. "In theory" Shingrix should provide immunity to chickenpox but it's never been studied, and GlaxoSmithKline has said it's not going to study it because "there is already a chickenpox vaccine". Of course, why would drug companies want to reduce the number of products we "need"? Especially when they can give one vaccine that prevents a disease that can be caused by another?
I knew a lady who got VERY bad shingles during chemotherapy, including in her eyes. It can cause blindness.
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