How easy is it to differentiate between chickenpox and monkeypox Ed? (In the supermarket – no sequencing Chris!)

But this just underscores for me the need to VACCINATE children against even what are termed “common” childhood illnesses, which are typically less severe than the adult versions – because you never know when a previously-unsuspected link such as this can pop up.

Which is why my daughter had to restrain me recently when we saw a woman carrying a small child with what looked like a nasty case of chickenpox into a supermarket recently: I wanted to charge after her and berate her for exposing all and sundry to the possibility of varicella and/or shingles…but my child wanted to enjoy her lunch. Ah, well. And it’s always the yuppies, too.