Chickenpox Vaccine Creates Shingles Epidemic: Mercola cites Goldman & new data

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excellent overview by Mercola, with updates about trends (1).

researcher's early prediction " We estimate universal varicella

vaccination has the impact of an additional 14.6 million (42%) HZ cases

among adults aged <50 years during a 50 year time span at a substantial

cost burden of 4.1 billion US dollars or 80 million US dollars annually

utilizing an estimated mean healthcare provider cost of 280 US dollars

per HZ case. " (2, see also 3-4).

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1. http://tinyurl.com/36nje4x

aka

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/02/chicken-pox-vaccin\

e-creates-shingles-epidemic.aspx

2.

Cost-benefit analysis of universal varicella vaccination in the U.S.

taking into account the closely related herpes-zoster epidemiology.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15837242>

Goldman GS.

Vaccine. 2005 May 9;23(25):3349-55.

3.

Universal varicella vaccination: efficacy trends and effect on herpes

zoster. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16126614>

Goldman GS.

Int J Toxicol. 2005 Jul-Aug;24(4):205-13.

4.

The case against universal varicella vaccination.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16940003>

Goldman GS.

Int J Toxicol. 2006 Sep-Oct;25(5):313-7.

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