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Crunchy Frog

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Tue May-24-11 10:54 PM
Response to Reply #252

256. From what I've read about the chickenpox vaccine

it is attenuated, but apparently not so much that it is not able to take up residence in nerve roots, the same way the regular virus does. For that reason, it apparently IS possible to get shingles when your only exposure to the virus has been through the vaccine.

That's one of the reasons that I was, and still am, somewhat uncomfortable with that particular vaccine.

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