CBI wrote:

The skin infections are not usually what kills you. Mostly it is the viral
pneumonia. There is no effective treatment for it. No amount of monitoring
will avoid it.

But you can make it worse by ignoring it and not helping yourself to get
well, right? Machoing through it?

Then there is the cerebritis.

Got me - a brain infection? I've never heard of that complication.

So, what is *your* opinion on vaccination against chicken pox in children
elementary-school aged and younger? Are you thrilled to have the scourge
gone? Are you worried about the potential for diminished immunity in
twenty years? Do you have any personal experience with chicken pox gone
terribly wrong in children? Were you happy when they made it a state law
or did you feel like your hands were unfairly tied on the subject?

Wendy