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...bundle of anger and scars. He had long welts on his left leg; police suspected he was beaten with an electrical cord. There were cigarette burns on his shoulders and buttocks. "I never beat my kids," Lorina insists to this day. She says the scars were caused by chicken pox, not cigarettes. "I gave him all the attention I could," she says of Yummy, but admits there were distractions. Now 29, she has been arrested 41 times, mainly for prostitution...
...vaccination may have risks of its own. The problem lies with the nature of the chicken-pox virus. After you get it, you always have it in your body. Normally you only suffer from chicken pox once, but the virus can flare up again later in life, producing shingles, a painful skin rash. The vaccine is a weakened form of the virus, and it too may be harbored in the body forever. The debilitated virus could conceivably spring to life years after the vaccination, and no one knows what damage might occur. Another danger is that the vaccine...
Then there is the economic issue. In a 1985 study, the CDC determined that the medical costs of treating chicken pox were not great enough to warrant spending the money on a national immunization program. However, when the indirect costs of missed work and school time are factored in, advocates say, the U.S. could save five times as much as it would spend on the vaccine...
...whole, the U.S. medical community seems to favor approving the vaccine. Even in healthy children, chicken pox can weaken the body so that it is susceptible to more hazardous bacterial infections. By warding off chicken pox, the vaccine could prevent secondary complications. In addition, 10 years' worth of data in the U.S. suggest that the vaccine could reduce the incidence of shingles. If the CDC decides that these advantages outweigh the possible risks, getting itchy scabs all over the body may no longer be a rite of childhood...
...Chicken Pox: Should kids be vaccinated...