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Old 11-07-2013, 05:47 AM
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If you have already had chickenpox, I would think your risk would be minimal.

However, the strain of chickenpox used in the vaccine is not necessarily the strain most people have been exposed to.

This is why the vaccine only works about in 50% who receive it.
So if you had chickenpox in the past, your chances of contracting a new strain do exist with the current vaccine, it is just difficult to predict anything with a vaccine like this with a poor tract record.
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