In 2006, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) launched a two-dose vaccination program attacking chicken pox. Health officials have recently reported a 85% drop in known cases of chickenpox in the last ten years since the launch of the program.

Before the two-step process, roughly 4 million Americans contracted chickenpox annually, with up to 13,500 of those cases leading to hospitalization and 100-150 would result in death. Since 2006, however, these numbers have dropped dramatically.

While the vaccinations do prevent the majority of its recipients from contracting chickenpox, a small percentage still obtain the virus; however, if they have had the vaccinations, then the disease's impact is severely lessened.

While some like to argue the negative possible side effects of vaccines, the positive results of the CDC's disease prevention initiative are very clear to see.