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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm old enough that the vaccine was unavailable, so I got the illness and at least one scar, but my kid was vaccinated and all my peers' kids are vaccinated so they just won't know what it's like.

Seems like some countries think it's better to keep it around to keep previously sickened people exposed to keep their immune system active to mitigate shingles, but seems like the data in the 'vaccinate most of the kids' countries have shown that this doesn't actually matter, so we might see more countries embrace vaccinating against it.