This would also have been a good reason not to vaccinate at all, of course; if we'd developed the vaccine mostly to increase the immunity of those who are at risk later in life, but had left the kids alone, we'd be in better shape.
I have no problem with anyone who chooses to delay the chicken pox vaccination until later. I didn't do it in part because of my friends' daughter's experience (catching chicken pox around the same time she was admitted to Sick Kids for something life-threatening at the age of 20 months.) But then, I have never come across a kid who has significant adverse reactions to vaccines, much less had such a child in my family.
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Date: 2010-11-21 09:44 pm (UTC)I have no problem with anyone who chooses to delay the chicken pox vaccination until later. I didn't do it in part because of my friends' daughter's experience (catching chicken pox around the same time she was admitted to Sick Kids for something life-threatening at the age of 20 months.) But then, I have never come across a kid who has significant adverse reactions to vaccines, much less had such a child in my family.