This article is a general discussion of herpes viruses and doesn't rally touch on the protective effect of the varicella vaccine. People do die from varicella; as a physician I had one case like that and they can also get very sick as adults. The other advantage of the varicella vaccine is that it does offer substantial protection against shingles. Since chicken pox has become a pretty rare disease in the US, the only protection against chicken pox now is the vaccine.
Yes on rare occasions encephalitis or other serious conditions are caused by varicella. Same is true for herpes zoster.
On the whole, my son is at far greater risk from post-adolescence varicella infection due to reduced vaccine effectiveness than he was as a healthy child to those rare effects of infection.
The point is a reasoned cost-benefit analysis that accounts for *all* factors. If my son had juvenile diabetes or some other chronic condition the vaccine may have made sense.
As it stood the varicella vaccine is a net negative.
Aren’t patients permitted to make those decisions today? Or are we now required to accept every word from an MD as infallible?
For me and my family, we reserve the right to refuse any medical intervention.
"What do you think of the resurgent measles epidemics caused by parents refusing the measles vaccines? Is this a net good for society?"
If it wipes out some "germ lines", maybe it'll result in an improvement in the average intelligence of the human specie, but it's important that that result would be by their own choice.
I don’t need your 6th grade level “fact sheet.”
Want to impress me? Try something like this:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809354/
This article is a general discussion of herpes viruses and doesn't rally touch on the protective effect of the varicella vaccine. People do die from varicella; as a physician I had one case like that and they can also get very sick as adults. The other advantage of the varicella vaccine is that it does offer substantial protection against shingles. Since chicken pox has become a pretty rare disease in the US, the only protection against chicken pox now is the vaccine.
Oh and I intended the link as an example of what I consider reasonable rebuttals.
I also find the protective aspects of herpesvirus infection against y. Pestis and l. monocytogenes fascinating.
Yes on rare occasions encephalitis or other serious conditions are caused by varicella. Same is true for herpes zoster.
On the whole, my son is at far greater risk from post-adolescence varicella infection due to reduced vaccine effectiveness than he was as a healthy child to those rare effects of infection.
The point is a reasoned cost-benefit analysis that accounts for *all* factors. If my son had juvenile diabetes or some other chronic condition the vaccine may have made sense.
As it stood the varicella vaccine is a net negative.
Aren’t patients permitted to make those decisions today? Or are we now required to accept every word from an MD as infallible?
For me and my family, we reserve the right to refuse any medical intervention.
What do you think of the resurgent measles epidemics caused by parents refusing the measles vaccines? Is this a net good for society?
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-measles-outbreak-hits-marin-county-20150130-story.html
Measles CFR 10-30%
https://www.who.int/immunization/sage/Review%20article%20of%20measles%20CFRs.pdf
COVID CFR not adjusted for age or comorbidities: 0.6 to 3% depending on source
Your point is? Can we compare apples to apples please?
My kids had the MMR. It makes sense. Kids have practically zero chance of dying of COVID.
"What do you think of the resurgent measles epidemics caused by parents refusing the measles vaccines? Is this a net good for society?"
If it wipes out some "germ lines", maybe it'll result in an improvement in the average intelligence of the human specie, but it's important that that result would be by their own choice.
I suppose honesty regarding your misanthropic motives is a step in the right direction.