That is surprising to me. Here's what I could glean: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-for-one-chickenpox-vaccine-lowers-shingles-risk-in-children

That is surprising to me. Here's what I could glean: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-for-one-chickenpox-vaccine-lowers-shingles-risk-in-children/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-for-one-chick... For me it was a no-brainer. For a small amount of money, I avoid the kid being bedridden for potentially weeks, and the kid avoids scarring from the disease. Even though it isn't going to kill the kid, it's still awful to be ill. Shingles won't be a problem for a long time afterwards, and medicine will advance. There's already shingles vaccines. So it was an easy decision to spend about 100 pounds on vaccinating each kid.