Lindsey 0 #1 February 22, 2006 Last night I had a nearly-ten-year-old kid, who had received the varicella vaccine at 12 mos., come into the ER with chicken pox. His principal was there too, and he's apparently the 5th kid at his school to be infected this year. According to the principal all of the kids had been vaccinated. We started vaccinating people in '95. This boy would've been vaccinated in '97. Apparently 3 towns around here have had small outbreaks this year. There's been speculation that people might need boosters of this vaccine. Seems that may be the case if this isn't just a fluke. Anybody else seeing chicken pox this year??? linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #2 February 22, 2006 None at my house, Doc bozo bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickjump1 0 #3 February 22, 2006 Not any that we know of. Keep watch on those germs. I hear they are developing new tactics with new immunities.Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 February 22, 2006 no vaccine works 100% Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #5 February 22, 2006 No...but we haven't had these little outbreaks in recent years that I know of....or maybe I just wasn't in the know :) Even if a vaccine isn't 100%, we just haven't seen it in recent years. Now there are quite a few cases popping up around here....and this is a small, rural area....not large school districts with lots of kids. I just wonder if the same thing's being seen elsewhere. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #6 February 22, 2006 QuoteWe started vaccinating people in '95. This boy would've been vaccinated in '97. Apparently 3 towns around here have had small outbreaks this year. There's been speculation that people might need boosters of this vaccine. Seems that may be the case if this isn't just a fluke. Anybody else seeing chicken pox this year??? linz This reminds me about how recently, in Florida, some "nurse" was arrested for giving people bogus, or way-diluted, flu vaccine. Isn't it possible that some of the kids were just given defective, ineffective, diluted, or plain old fake vaccine as part of someone's scam to make money without having to issue the genuine product? Infuriating as it may be, there are people out there willing to do such despicable things. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #8 February 22, 2006 I have had chicken pox twice....once when I was about 4 and again when I was 22. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #9 February 22, 2006 Quote Isn't it possible that some of the kids were just given defective, ineffective, diluted, or plain old fake vaccine as part of someone's scam to make money without having to issue the genuine product? certainly the first thought to come to mind. Or that the parents skipped the shots altogether. hard to test the effectiveness of a booster, given the rarity that people get it a second time. (I might have been one of those) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #10 February 23, 2006 QuoteI have had chicken pox twice....once when I was about 4 and again when I was 22. I had them when I was in 5th grade, age 10, in 1981. I still have scars from it, kind of like the handle of the Big Dipper across my forehead. It's kinda like a Harry Potter scar... --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
