[Magdalen] Chicken pox

[Grace Cangialosi]

Interesting, although we do know a lot more now. My daughter's twins were 3-1/2 months premature, and the doc said it was especially important for them to be vaccinated.
When my kids were little there was no chicken pox vaccine, but they got them--along with everyone else in the preschool! At the time we thought that was a good thing...

When my sister and I were little, the DPT shot was the only vaccine, along with smallpox, which was mandatory.
The polio vaccine came along later, and I remember that during my first year of teaching, the elementary schools all had clinics on a Saturday to give out the oral vaccine.

I had what the doctor thought might be whooping cough a few years ago, and it turned out I should have gotten a booster as an adult.

Interestingly, he didn't test me to see what it was. He said he was already giving me the appropriate medication to treat it, and if I had whooping cough, he'd have to report it, and I'd be quarantined for three weeks!

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 8:23 AM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name> wrote:
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> I must confess to having mixed feelings about vaccinations. I am one of those who has never been vaccinated for ANYTHING. As a child who was born about 6 or 8 weeks premature, I was tiny (4lbs 4oz a month old fully clothed). Our doctor advised that I was potentially one who would have a bad reaction to vaccination, so my parents did not allow me to have any. Back in the 1950's, the childish diseases (Chicken Pox, measles, mumps, german measles, whooping cough etc) were all taken for granted as to be expected in children and I had them all. When the offer of TB, smallpox & polio vaccinations came, I had none of them (even though my uncle had polio and spent some time in an iron lung but had a full recovey). I have nevr regretted it and still when I am offered (free) flu vaccinations, I decline them. Many of you will no doubt think my attitude is foolish and perhaps not public-spirited, but I am not convinced. I have no plans for vaccination any time soon. I am fortunate enough to say that it is a very long time since I had anything more than a bad cold.
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> Michael Bishop
> rev at michaelbishop.name
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> Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
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> Diocese of Derby, England
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>> On 27/12/2015 13:10, Sally Davies wrote:
>> The vaccine came out here shortly before both my boys caught chicken pox
>> from the grandson of a friend after a beach outing.  The older one wasn't
>> too bad - he got a light dose from brief contact with the other child - but
>> Evan who was about 18 months at the time, was very ill for a day or two
>> with high fever, having picked up a much bigger 'viral load' from the
>> lengthier contact with his brother.
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