whooping cough epidemic, page-63

Janimot, you said

"pd, we are encouraged to vaccinate against chicken pox. A fairly rare and inconsequential disease"

And the facts

What are the serious complications from chickenpox?
Serious complications from chickenpox include bacterial infections which can involve many sites of the body including the skin, tissues under the skin, bone, lungs (pneumonia), joints, and blood. Other serious complications are due directly to infection with the varicella-zoster virus and include viral pneumonia, bleeding problems, and infection of the brain (encephalitis). Many people are not aware that before a vaccine was available approximately 10,600 persons were hospitalized and 100 to 150 died as a result of chickenpox in the U.S. every year.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/dis-faqs-gen.htm

I would also note that it is not rare despite your assertion - I have had it and most people I know have had it.

Not surprisingly, all my three kids have been vaccinated against chicken pox, polio, diptheria, tetanus mumps, measles, rubella, etc