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Giving chickenpox a second thought



As a parent, you take every precaution to protect your child from injury. You purchase the appropriate car seat, you put up stair gates, and make sure your child wears a bicycle helmet.

There are many situations that may put your child at risk of being hospitalized such as:

  • A fall down the stairs: approximately 1 in 6100

  • A bicycle accident: approximately 1 in 5000

  • A motor vehicle accident: approximately 1 in 8500



  • Complications associated with chickenpox:

  • approximately 1 in 2000




A child is three to four times as likely to be hospitalized with complications due to chickenpox than from a motor vehicle accident or from a fall down the stairs.


You would never think of letting your child travel in a car without being secured in a car seat or play unsupervised near an open staircase. It’s just as important that you protect your child from chickenpox.

Why take a risk with chickenpox?

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