Reply #264: I couldn't give you precise references.

[Crunchy Frog]

I was scouring the internet for any info I could find in helping me to decide whether or not to get that particular vaccine. I know I did come accross some scientific papers that compared shingles rates in children undergoing chemotherapy (and hence their immune systems pretty much shot) and determining that the rate was lower in those who had been vaccinated vs those who had had actual chickenpox. So apparently the attenuated virus can still cause shingles, but is apparently less likely than the regular virus.

And when I was going through this, I was really just looking for information for myself to try and make the best choice for my kids. I was not gathering sources for purposes of trying to defend my decisions or thought processes to other people on the internet at some future date. So I did not maintain a collection of links to sources (or maybe I did, and just don't remember doing it, or where they are).