@CStamp@mastodon.social Yeah, I meant chickenpox, sorry. My SO was born before a vaccine was easily available or routine, as was I - I don't think it became a routine childhood vaccination until the late 90s, maybe early 2000s. And it's a big problem, because in that cohort, we're basically saddled with either very unreasonable costs (I was quoted $400 for a shingles vaccine, the best anyone could do for my SO was $370) or just hoping we don't get it until we age into getting the vaccine for free. (Even a few friends who are immune compromised haven't been able to get it, because their condition isn't on the list of the ones that would make them eligible for a free vaccine and they can't afford to pay for it.) Age-gating subsidised access to vaccines that have only been developed fairly recently just means throwing a huge chunk of the population under the bus. It's nearly always the people who can least afford to drop hundreds of dollars on something who are at the most risk if they don't get vaccinated too.