Maria decided to stop the chicken pox vaccine to get natural immunity against it. Her two children got chicken pox. Her son had slight itching and skin vesicles but her daughter was under the infection with streptococcal cellutis and several skin grafts before recovery. Her house keeper was also affected by this disease and died. This occurred due to the adults’ maximum undergone death in most cases.

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Maria decided to stop the chicken pox vaccine to get natural immunity against it. Her two children got chicken pox. Her son had slight itching and skin vesicles but her daughter was under the infection with streptococcal cellutis and several skin grafts before recovery. Her house keeper was also affected by this disease and died. This occurred due to the adults’ maximum undergone death in most cases.

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