What’s the real reason Britons aren't offered the chickenpox vaccine? | Jenny Rohn

A safe, effective prevention for this nasty virus is withheld for surprising reasonsWhen you think about chickenpox, chances are you remember your own childhood bout – the rash, the itching, the discomfort, all smoothed over by a hazy glow of calamine-scented nostalgia. Almost a rite of passage, this disease is little feared and seemingly trivial in the grand scheme of things that could go wrong in childhood.Isn’t it? Continue reading...
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