Chickenpox.. We've been hit!

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StraferJack Wrote:

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> some background here strawbs:

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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8557236.stm

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So the JCVI isn't bothering with varicella vaccine, because MMR rates are still low due to the Wakefield scare. What utter unscientific bollocks. They're as big a bunch of idiots as Wakefield.

(In the meantime, the shingles vaccine is being recommended for anyone 70+, but the UK Support Society is pressing for this to be lowered to 50.)

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Strawbs, glad to hear that your LO is over the worst of it. If there are any spots that look particularly bad or are in areas prone to being bumped or scraped, try using the tiniest sized Scholl's blister plaster on them while they heal. xx