Dr. Motheral discusses chicken pox vaccines - KCBD.com


For most, who come down with the chicken pox, it's just an itchy inconvenience, but when complications develop, it sends as many as 9,000 people to the hospital every year, and 100 of them die. That's why Dr. Lesley Motheral, a Lubbock pediatrician, says the chicken pox vaccine is a lifesaver, so parents should never intentionally expose their children.

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