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I heard that this vaccine is only effective for five years-- is this true? Also, my son was vaccinated when he was a year old and at 4 he just contracted the chicken pox. I have heard from other mothers who also had their children vaccinated and they both contracted the illness as well. They say that the vaccine is approximately 85% effective, but that seems like a misnomer to me. I am guessing that in years to come we will discover that it is much less effective than originally thought, and it would be helpful to know that there is a forum to register these "anomolies" to keep track of this. (As a side note, I read that the vaccine lessens the severity of the illness, and that no more than 5 pox should appear. Today, my son has at least 30 lesions. The other mother's I've spoken with have reported the same circumstances, and have commented that it appears as though their vaccinated children contracted a worse case than their non-vaccinated children. I find this odd. When I had the chicken pox as a kid, I got about 5 spots. That was in 1984, when there was no vaccine...)

i know the chicken pox vaccine helped my disabled son when he got chicken pox. I thought he had acne and the normal itching and swelling was non existant for him.

I personally do not think that thimerisol is solely responsible for autism. I believe that it is more likely caused by aluminum in the vaccines. Either way, they need to get all the garbage out of the vaccines before they try pushing them to families, and endangering their children.

In response to Karenatlanta:

The artible states that the vaccine has an 85% protection from getting chicken pox, but those which do get it anyway will typically get a milder infection than they might have without the vaccine. This is the same as with the Flu shots, which do not always prevent flu, but can reduce the severity of symptoms.

Mercury is no longer in any child-specific vaccines, but may still be in some vaccines designed for adults. There is still no definitive scientific evidence which shows that thimerisol causes Autism despite multiple studies looking specifically for this. The only example I've seen of thimerisol-containing vaccines being involved in an Autism diagnosis was a case where a child already had a mitochondrial disease, which was then exacerbated by a vaccine that contained thimerisol at the time.

Parents can make educated choices about how to vaccinate their children, but they need to be sure they have all of the facts before making their decision, since not vaccinating a child can impact the health of more than that individual child.