[lbo-talk] Liza Featherstone on the anti-vaccination crowd

[Tim Francis-Wright]

Bill Bartlett wrote:
> Another point about vaccines though, sometimes the initial illness 
> that kids get is not the end of the story. People often suffer even 
> worse illnesses in mid to late adulthood stemming from the infection 
> they easily get over as kids. Polio is like that, but likewise 
> measles can lead to shingles later on on life and shingles is 
> extremely painful, much worse than measles.

The virus that causes chicken pox is the one that can cause shingles
later in life.  (Not that it makes shingles any more pleasant.)

--tim francis-wright
(the only person I know of my age who got vaccinated against chicken pox)