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| Colorado parents are holding 'chickenpox parties' to deliberately infect their children with the virus |
| 2018-10-19 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 We warned the manager of a complex we lived in that one of the kids had chickenpox. She told us not to worry--she'd been taken to several of those when young, and climbed all over her sick little brother--she was immune. She wasn't. Adults get it harder. |
| Posted by: james 2018-10-19 19:41 |
| #5 this is happening in Boulder probably organized at the Whole Foods store on Alpine Ave up the road from the Univ of Colo at boulder |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-10-19 10:34 |
| #4 Next: Polio Parties! |
| Posted by: Shimp Unomolet9133 2018-10-19 10:30 |
| #3 They were doing this when I was about six...that's a long time ago. If you are opposed to vaccinations, controlling when Junior gets the mumps is not a bad idea. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-10-19 10:22 |
| #2 This makes the kids vulnerable to getting shingles as adults. Much worse |
| Posted by: Slinetch Slaque2162 2018-10-19 09:43 |
| #1 Parents around us in MA did this 40 years ago. It's not a bad thing. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-10-19 09:02 |