DR. SHERI TENPENNY: Studies have reported links between natural childhood measles/chickenpox and lower adult cancer and heart-disease risk . . .

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: “We’ve got to stop calling chicken pox and measles diseases... because they’re not. They’re infections, and infections come and go in a week to 10 days, and leave behind a lifetime of immunity. A disease is something that comes and stays, and frequently can’t… pic.twitter.com/fVQKVVa8Hy

— Valerie Anne Smith (@ValerieAnne1970) September 5, 2026

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: “We’ve got to stop calling chicken pox and measles diseases... because they’re not. They’re infections, and infections come and go in a week to 10 days, and leave behind a lifetime of immunity. A disease is something that comes and stays, and frequently can’t be cured. So when you vaccinate to avoid an infection, what you potentially are doing is causing a disease.” Infections come and go. The question is what they leave behind. Studies have reported links between natural childhood measles/chickenpox and lower adult cancer and heart-disease risk: • Albonico et al., 1998 — History of febrile childhood infections (measles, chickenpox, rubella, etc.) linked to lower overall cancer risk, strongest for chickenpox/rubella and non-breast cancers. • Montella et al., 2006 (Leukemia Research) — Childhood measles and chickenpox linked to lower Hodgkin lymphoma; measles also linked to lower non-Hodgkin lymphoma (esp. follicular B-cell). • Tennant et al., 2013 (Eur J Epidemiol, Newcastle Thousand Families, n=1,142 born 1947) — Childhood measles linked to lower cancer mortality as adults. • Pesonen et al., 2007 (Atherosclerosis) — Childhood contagious diseases (including varicella/chickenpox) linked to lower coronary heart disease and fewer acute coronary events.

• Kubota et al., 2015 / JACC study (Atherosclerosis, 103,836 Japanese adults, ~21-year follow-up) — History of measles (and measles + mumps) linked to lower cardiovascular mortality.