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When the ‘Cure’ Causes the Disease:

On July 18, 2012

Zostavax Vaccine Can Cause the Very Disease (Shingles) it was Designed to Prevent

A healthy Canadian woman (let’s call her Jane Doe) was given an injection of Merck’s “Zostavax” vaccine as a prophylactic measure to prevent her from contracting shingles. Instead of protecting her from acquiring that illness, however, the vaccine gave her the very malady it was intended to prevent. She contracted shingles from the vaccine and was immobilized with severe, painful symptoms for many weeks. Read more at: https://artsforum.ca/ideas/regional-perspectives

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When the ‘Cure’ Causes the Disease:

Zostavax Vaccine Can Cause the Very Disease (Shingles) it was Designed to Prevent