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A single instance of a long term side effect in all of recorded history? You actually believe that?

aaron695 6y ago
Rather than saying they are wrong, why not link to one of the records? The Varicella vaccine causes shingles years later - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150811103555.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150811103555.h...
- Noumenon72 6y ago
  My reading of that abstract is that vaccinating an entire society leads to more shingles in that society because having chickenpox circulating in a population exposes people to the virus repeatedly, which boosts their immunity to shingles. A single person getting the shot would not have an increased risk of getting shingles.
  - aaron695 6y ago
    Sorry, you are correct. That abstract was the wrong one. "Since the varicella vaccine is a live virus vaccine, the virus can become dormant and reactivate, rarely causing serious side effects. Individual case reports of varicella vaccine virus reactivation leading to vaccine-associated herpes zoster ophthalmicus and encephalitis, and meningitis have been published." https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/varicella-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/varicella-vaccine... https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0036-1597691.pdf https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055... "We present a case of a previously healthy twice-VZV vaccinated 14-year-old girl who presented with rash and headache who was found to have herpes zoster complicated by meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction confirmed zoster infection secondary to reactivation of vaccine-strain VZV"
- simonh 6y ago
  No it doesn't. People not getting Chicken Pox leads to an increased prevalence of Shingles. It is not a side effect of the vaccine, it's a side effect of reducing the prevalence of certain viruses.

Rather than saying they are wrong, why not link to one of the records? The Varicella vaccine causes shingles years later - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150811103555.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150811103555.h...

Noumenon72 6y ago
My reading of that abstract is that vaccinating an entire society leads to more shingles in that society because having chickenpox circulating in a population exposes people to the virus repeatedly, which boosts their immunity to shingles. A single person getting the shot would not have an increased risk of getting shingles.
- aaron695 6y ago
  Sorry, you are correct. That abstract was the wrong one. "Since the varicella vaccine is a live virus vaccine, the virus can become dormant and reactivate, rarely causing serious side effects. Individual case reports of varicella vaccine virus reactivation leading to vaccine-associated herpes zoster ophthalmicus and encephalitis, and meningitis have been published." https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/varicella-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/vaccines/varicella-vaccine... https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0036-1597691.pdf https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055... "We present a case of a previously healthy twice-VZV vaccinated 14-year-old girl who presented with rash and headache who was found to have herpes zoster complicated by meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction confirmed zoster infection secondary to reactivation of vaccine-strain VZV"
simonh 6y ago
No it doesn't. People not getting Chicken Pox leads to an increased prevalence of Shingles. It is not a side effect of the vaccine, it's a side effect of reducing the prevalence of certain viruses.