Now now, as a survivor of full blown varicella, I can tell you that this is a bit dramatic
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The real benefit of a chicken pox vaccine for kids would be the prevention of shingles. This is because the intial chicken pox infection is rarely more than a nuisance in children. As the research isn't there to prove that this vaccine accomplishes this, I question its compulsion. If the vaccine increases risk of chicken pox at a later age, we should question it, because chicken pox rarely causes serious long term harm in children, but this isn't the case in adults.
As for the conspiracy, I could point out that the makers of these vaccines have just as much to gain from making them mandatory as Merck does for Zostavax. Merck didn't seem to have a problem in attempting to push for all of the financial benefit it would receive from mandatory Gardasil vaccines. Let the conspiracy war begin
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Believe it or not, I actually don't have a problem with mandatory vaccinations for fatal disease for which we have a vaccine with a proven track record, as I believe that controlling infectious disease falls under defense and is a proper government function. Now, I believe that this should only apply to airborn diseases, but this is a topic for another thread.