Chickenpox Vaccine
Before the development of chickenpox vaccine, chickenpox was considered to be an inconsequential disease. According to promotions by the manufacturer, the most pressing need for this vaccine is to eliminate loss of wages while someone stays home with the child during the four days to two weeks the illness lasts or is contagious.
Chickenpox and its Vaccine (discusses the disease plus vaccine efficacy, warnings and ingredients)
Chickenpox Vaccine by Sherri Tenpenny, DO (mass vaccination with chickenpox vaccine may result in an increase in shingles…but wait! We now have a vaccine for shingles!!)
Threat of Shingles Epidemic from Vaccine
Chickenpox Vaccine Increases Risk for Shingles
Chickenpox jab ‘could hurt adults’
Bringing Chickenpox to the Boil (This chapter from Hilary Butler’s 2008 book, From One Prick to Another, gives a thoroughly referenced explanation of how temperature-lowering drugs can turn a mild case of chickenpox ugly.)
Chickenpox: the Disease and the Vaccine Fact Sheet
Why You May Not Want to Vaccinate – Making an Informed Choice
National Vaccine Information Center Challenges Conclusions of Report on Chickenpox Vaccine\ (NVIC receives more reports of serious adverse reactions/deaths than trial studies showed.)
Even vaccinated children can catch, transmit illness
‘Vaccines, weather to blame for rising chicken pox cases’ (In a July, 2008 report from India, doctors state that natural immunity to chickenpox is more efficacious than immunity derived from the vaccine.)
No Lifetime Protection from Chickenpox Vaccine