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> did so after traveling to Florida to catch covid uh, what? I don't understand why anyone would willingly try to catch a disease... (get your kids the chicke

> did so after traveling to Florida to catch covid uh, what? I don't understand why anyone would willingly try to catch a disease... (get your kids the chickenpox vaccine, don't do those chickenpox parties if those still exist. The vaccine drastically reduces the occurrence shingles later in life. I'm a bit envious that my younger sisters got it, but I got chickenpox as a child. Seeing it flare up in my dad every 18 months doesn't give me hope).

gizmo686 5y ago
FYI, if you have had chickenpox, you can get a shingles vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/in...
- Teknoman117 5y ago
  > Studies show that more than 99% of Americans 40 years and older have had chickenpox, even if they don’t remember having the disease. I'm a little surprised that the quoted age of most Americans having it is not less than that. The chickenpox vaccine was only authorized for use in the US in 1995 (I was born a bit before that, my siblings after that). That would make everyone 28 or older at least 2 years old before the vaccine came out in the US, which is the most likely age people got it. (Assuming that immigrants in the window of 1988 to 1995 from nations who authorized in that period do not make up a substantial fraction of the present US population).
ojbyrne 5y ago
1. I think that was just poor phrasing by the parent. 2. There were some "get covid" parties at University of Alabama (probably others): https://abc3340.com/news/local/university-of-alabama-responds-to-covid-parties-being-thrown-in-tuscaloosa https://abc3340.com/news/local/university-of-alabama-respond... 3. There are shingles vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/zostavax/index.html#:~:text=Two%20vaccines%20are%20licensed%20and,as%20the%20preferred%20shingles%20vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/zostavax/in....
- Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  2. No there weren't. That was a rumor that no one has been able to find a single shred of evidence for. Just because the local news repeated a rumor they heard from a student doesn't make it factual. It's beyond pathetic that so many in the national news media repeated this and is yet another example why they cannot be trusted. Sensationalism, be it in modeling or journalism, is absolutely destroying trust in institutions and the medical community. Want to know why so many distrust the vaccine? Look at your own post to understand why. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-covid-19-party-students/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-covid-19-party-students... https://www.wired.com/story/covid-parties-are-not-a-thing/ https://www.wired.com/story/covid-parties-are-not-a-thing/
ddingus 5y ago
Poor phrasing on my part. They actually thought risk was lower than it was, went to Florida and unfortunately caught the bug. Edit made, since all this happened in the window.

gizmo686 5y ago

FYI, if you have had chickenpox, you can get a shingles vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/in...

Teknoman117 5y ago
> Studies show that more than 99% of Americans 40 years and older have had chickenpox, even if they don’t remember having the disease. I'm a little surprised that the quoted age of most Americans having it is not less than that. The chickenpox vaccine was only authorized for use in the US in 1995 (I was born a bit before that, my siblings after that). That would make everyone 28 or older at least 2 years old before the vaccine came out in the US, which is the most likely age people got it. (Assuming that immigrants in the window of 1988 to 1995 from nations who authorized in that period do not make up a substantial fraction of the present US population).

ojbyrne 5y ago

1. I think that was just poor phrasing by the parent. 2. There were some "get covid" parties at University of Alabama (probably others): https://abc3340.com/news/local/university-of-alabama-responds-to-covid-parties-being-thrown-in-tuscaloosa https://abc3340.com/news/local/university-of-alabama-respond... 3. There are shingles vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/zostavax/index.html#:~:text=Two%20vaccines%20are%20licensed%20and,as%20the%20preferred%20shingles%20vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/zostavax/in....

Mountain_Skies 5y ago
2. No there weren't. That was a rumor that no one has been able to find a single shred of evidence for. Just because the local news repeated a rumor they heard from a student doesn't make it factual. It's beyond pathetic that so many in the national news media repeated this and is yet another example why they cannot be trusted. Sensationalism, be it in modeling or journalism, is absolutely destroying trust in institutions and the medical community. Want to know why so many distrust the vaccine? Look at your own post to understand why. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-covid-19-party-students/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-covid-19-party-students... https://www.wired.com/story/covid-parties-are-not-a-thing/ https://www.wired.com/story/covid-parties-are-not-a-thing/

ddingus 5y ago

Poor phrasing on my part. They actually thought risk was lower than it was, went to Florida and unfortunately caught the bug. Edit made, since all this happened in the window.