They have a vaccine for that now?!?

You know, I never thought a/b this at all until they came out w/the chicken pox vaccine. My brain just couldn't understand what would be the purpose of vaccinating for a non-life threatening illness (yes, I KNOW there are people who've had very SEVERE cases). I got really upset when they made it a requirement for school admission. And then the flu shot... I just never could wrap my brain around it. I'll have to do a case-by-case study; this topic has surfaced something that has tugged at my brain for the past 8 or 9 years (whenever the chicken pox vaccine came out -- I don't remember exactly).

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