Zostavax SPREADS CHICKEN POX!

"The shingles vaccine, Zostavax, contains a weakened chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster virus). The shingles vaccine helps stimulate your immune system to battle disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, reducing the risk of getting shingles in people aged 60 and older. In scientific studies, the shingles vaccine reduces the risk of developing shingles by about 50%.

Findings show that the shingles vaccine also helps people who go on to develop shingles have shorter periods of nerve pain called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), which is extremely painful and can last anywhere from 30 days to months or even years after the rash has resolved. The nerve pain associated with shingles can be so severe in some people that it disrupts their lives.

The shingles vaccine helps prevent shingles in the person receiving the immunization. But because shingles is a contagious viral infection, the shingles vaccine also works to stop the spread of the virus just like childhood immunizations for varicella or measles, mumps, and rubella.

If a person with shingles passes the virus to someone who has never had chickenpox, the newly infected person will develop chickenpox, not shingles."

ZOSTAVAX SPREADS CHICKEN POX!

According to the CDC, don't get a shingles vaccine if you've have the following:

* A life-threatening allergic reaction to gelatin, the Antibiotic neomycin, or any other component of the shingles vaccine. Tell your doctor if you have any severe allergies.
* A weakened immune system because of:

* HIV/AIDS or another disease that affects the immune system
* Treatment with drugs that affect the immune system, such as steroids
* Cancer treatment such as radiation or chemotherapy
* A history of cancer affecting the bone marrow or lymphatic system, such as leukemia or lymphoma
* Active, untreated tuberculosis
* Pregnancy (or might be pregnant). Women should not become pregnant until at least three months after getting shingles vaccine.

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/shingles-vaccine


Not only that, but it is still not proven or tested for long term effects.

"Because the vaccine was licensed only recently, they noted that more research is still needed to determine long-term durations of protection." Tweet