Ron, if you read up on the shingles-chicken pox story, you will see that someone who has never had chicken pox can never get the shingles from someone else with the shingles, but CAN GET THE CHICKEN POX, if he or she touches the broken blisters ....... A person who has had a vaccination against chicken pox carries NO part of the virus for life in his nerves, and therefore will never get the shingles! OTOH, a person who has once had the real chicken pox will always carry the virus in his nerves, and stands a very large chance of getting shingles as an adult. Penny, NY . ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.