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by throwaway932489 1589 days ago
It's a nice thing to do on the individual level but I don't think it's right to coerce people into the vaccine on this basis.

An interesting reversal of this: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/chickenpox-vaccin...

"Being exposed to chickenpox as an adult (for example, through contact with infected children) boosts your immunity to shingles."

"If you vaccinate children against chickenpox, you lose this natural boosting, so immunity in adults will drop and more shingles cases will occur."

It's seemingly not the primary justification the vaccine isn't offered, but I wonder if, to cut to the core question, those who are pro/anti vaccinating the low-risk to protect the high-risk feel the same way when it's flipped.

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I don’t think the shingles part is significant. Getting shingles is only common for seniors and there’s a vaccine for it too.
Chickenpox is terrible in adults and is avoided for very good reasons.