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Chickenpox outbreak at Melnea Cass overflow shelter ended with vaccinations, state says

WFXT reports a "small number" of cases of the highly infectious virus were discovered last month at the temporary shelter at the Melnea Cass recreation center, but that there have been no new cases since public-health workers began vaccinating people there on March 1.

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I thought it takes a few weeks to develop antibodies

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It takes about a week to demonstrate antibodies to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) after immunization, but protection often results even after an exposure has occurred.

Source: National Institutes of Health

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I stopped reading his post after "I thought"

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