[vxNsr]

Someone recently pointed out here that in the UK you still have pox parties because the chickenpox vaccine is considered too expensive by NHS. So that's another way to lower costs, of course you now have a 20% possibility of getting shingles and dealing with that pain.

[arethuza]

Apparently its not about cost but from a fear (which may be unfounded) of increasing the frequency of shingles:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/may/1...