CT: 2023 Chickenpox

[Shiloh]

Source: https://valley.newhavenindependent.o...ckenpox_cases_ in_the_valley

Health District Warns Of Rise In Chickenpox Cases In The Valley
by Press Release | Dec 20, 2023 6:49 pm
Posted to: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, News by You

SEYMOUR — The Naugatuck Valley Health District (based in Seymour but covering the lower Valley) sent the following release Wednesday night:

Health Advisory

There has been an increase in varicella (more commonly called chickenpox) activity in the Valley area. Chickenpox is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). If one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. Chickenpox can also be serious, even life-threatening, especially in babies, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems...

[Mary Wilson]

(post above by Shiloh: link was not working for me, so posted link again here)

Health District Warns Of Rise In Chickenpox Cases In The Valley

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/health_district_warns_of_rise_in_chickenpox_cases_ in_the_valley

[Mary Wilson]

CONNECTICUT IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

https://www.wallingford.k12.ct.us/uploaded/Central_Office/Heatlth/CDC_YC_CtImmunSch.pdf

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Health Officials Push to Get Schoolchildren Vaccinated as More US Parents Opt Out

Dec. 20, 2023, at 10:49 a.m.
By Associated Press

... Last school year, vaccination waivers among kindergartners hit an all-time high: 3% in total, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Waivers for religious or personal beliefs have been on the rise, driven by some states loosening laws, in others by vaccine misinformation and political rhetoric amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-12-20/health-officials-push-to-get-schoolchildren-vaccinated-as-more-us-parents-opt-out