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A member asked:
I'm curious, when a child gets the chicken pox vacine, are they contageous with the chicken pox?
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Not really: There are a few kids that receive this vaccine that will breakout with blisters, however this is not the wild chickenpox. Most have fewer than 50 lesions (cpx average is 200) and they can spread the virus, but it is the weakened vaccine virus that they have and can pass. This would give kids that picked it up a chance to have the vaccine protection without a shot.
Answered 6/3/2013
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