• Question: Why can’t you vaccinate against chicken pox in England yet you can elsewhere in the world?

    Asked by anon-231239 to Steven, Jessica on 15 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Steven Rudder

      Steven Rudder answered on 15 Nov 2019:

      The UK has decided not to vaccinate as chicken pox is a mild illness.

    • Photo: Jessica Mitchell

      Jessica Mitchell answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      There are safe vaccines for chicken pox but the UK has decided these are not neccessary. This is because chicken pox is’nt a major threat to life plus the UK has a good health system to support people to stay at home and treat chicken pox themselves when they are ill.

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