• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    My parents tried to get me sick in the 70s, never caught it. Then I got hit with chicken pox when I was 16 and it fucked me royal, still have scars. Be damned sure I got my shingles vax though!

    • 4grams@awful.systems
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      32 minutes ago

      Same here. Diagnosed on my 16th birthday. Been 30 years and I still have never been sicker. Scars have faded but I thought it was acne at first and so had some real prominent ones on my face for decades.

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      6 hours ago

      Chickenpox is severe the older you are. Compared to shingles, chickenpox is more likely to cause severe symptoms