>There should be no excuse for not giving this vaccine to a child.
>Varicella
>is now the commonest vaccine-preventable cause of death in >children in the
>USA.

>Vaccines in general have been phenomenal life- and health- >savers.  They
are,
>along with clean water, adequate food, and promotion of >breastfeeding, a
major
>public and worldwide health advance and have saved the lives >of countless
>children.

>I view not having children adequately and completely immunized >the
equivalent
>of driving around without putting them in appropriate child safety >seats
or
>leaving loaded, unlocked guns lying around the house, or >leaving poisons
open
>under a sink, or not fencing a swimming pool; in other words--a >serious
health
>risk!
>Linda L. Shaw MD FAAP

Linda, well said
-Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP