Varicella Surveillance Worksheet 508 Compliant Cdc Form

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[Music] chickenpox is an infectious disease that causes illness for people who don't have protection against it chickenpox is a virus and I think one of the things that's interesting about it is that we really think about the rash that comes when you have chickenpox but the way that it is spread is through respiratory droplets so like cold symptoms like coughing sneezing that kind of thing and people may be sick with those symptoms and not realize they could be spreading chickenpox the disease itself is more severe if you get it as an adult so if you miss that opportunity to get vaccinated as a child and you go through into adulthood without protection you could get a very serious illness with chickenpox Beyond just a terrible rash the chickenpox immunization is safe we usually give it around age one and then there's the second dose around the time the kids go to kindergarten I encourage people to get their are children protected against chickenpox by getting the chickenpox immunizatio