Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 699
While I don't think that the mortality/morbidity rate is high enough for varicella to warrant worrying about a vaccine, (You are after all, more likely to die from a home cooked meal than chicken pox) it should be noted that the mortality rate of chicken pox is 10x higher in adults than it is in children. So, the herd immunity through universal vaccination that helps us with diseases like polio are likely dramatically increasing the risk of death from chicken pox.
Show me a vaccine against dying from a home cooked meal, and I'll take that too.
It sounds like you don't understand herd immunity. When there is herd immunity, the disease can't propagate, so if everybody is vaccinated, chances are that you'll never come into contact with the virus. But if you are worried about declining immunity, get a booster.
Notably, deaths from chicken pox have drastically declined since the vaccine was introduced. So the notion that it is simply postponing the disease to adulthood when it is more hazardous does not hold water.