Link: Chickenpox shot will fight superbug, parents told.
Parents are being encouraged to vaccinate their children against chickenpox to reduce their risk of contracting a drug-resistant superbug.
"You could do the public a huge service in Canada," says Dr. Lee Ford-Jones, an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
"If anybody is on the fence about the chickenpox vaccine, this might help them realize why those of us in infectious diseases think it’s a good idea to get the vaccine, because there won’t be 300 (chickenpox) lesions" if the child is vaccinated.
A recent Canadian report warned the superbug, called community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or CA-MRSA, is rising in most sectors of the country and young children are among those at increased risk.
