Yes. This is true. Great Britain even considered not recommending it to kids because it would cause an increase in shingles in the elderly, but they did anyways.
Yes. This is true. Great Britain even considered not recommending it to kids because it would cause an increase in shingles in the elderly, but they did anyways.
Thanks for posting that! I looked into it maybe 10+ years ago and at the time thought that they had gone ahead and pushed for mass vaccination of kids. I'm glad they've backed off of that.
Yes. This is true. Great Britain even considered not recommending it to kids because it would cause an increase in shingles in the elderly, but they did anyways.
If any chance you could toss a source on that would be fascinating to read about.
EDIT
Found it!
https://patient.info/news-and-features/should-your-child-have-the-chickenpox-vaccine
This is 2019
Thanks for posting that! I looked into it maybe 10+ years ago and at the time thought that they had gone ahead and pushed for mass vaccination of kids. I'm glad they've backed off of that.