“Europe doesn't "use the chickenpox vaccine specifically because the preclinical trial shows that when you inoculate the population for chickenpox, you get shingles in older people, which is more dangerous.”
What FactCheck.org found
Some countries in Europe do routinely vaccinate children against chickenpox. Others do not, in part due to theoretical concerns about shingles. But there isn’t strong evidence that vaccinating children is causing a problem for older adults.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS Secretary) made this claim around 14 May 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 May 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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