American parents caught selling chickenpox-infected lollipops

[Catzsy]

It's a weird idea. What next? Do it yourself Botux? LO

[Stephen]

lol bottucks

I like the idea of it though

[GommeInc]

It's a weird idea. What next? Do it yourself Botux? LO

Is that a concern or a wish? I'd like to see DIY MMR. I think you can do your own Botox now.

No, this is not a good idea because the varicella vaccine (otherwise known as just a vaccine against chickenpox) is all you need for your body to build antibodies against the disease. People in 2011, no, people starting in the 90s don't need to ever have chickenpox. Children only need this cheap or often free vaccine from their local physician.

Outright exposing children to chickenpox is wreck-less to the child (the chance is low but still there that they could become seriously ill), and it's also wreckless to society because 1) children who didn't want anything to do with these lolipops are being exposed via parents who purchased them, and 2) contrary to what most people think, you can get chickenpox twice. Immunity to a varicella vaccine can fade gradually. The only safe way to irradiate chickenpox is to vaccine our population (which is the popular method anyway), and since vaccination is already the norm when we all have children in ten years chickenpox will be left in the past (infact it's not even spoken of as often today because of the already existing vaccine). If nobody has it anymore, and everyone is vaccinated against it, it's a dead disease.

[@]@LoveToStack[/@] [@]@slowpoke[/@] [@]@bubblegunk[/@] [@]@gommeinc[/@]

Agreed to some extent. I can see arguments for getting it naturally though exposure. Some people prefer the human immune system to build itself up rather than rely on external help like injections. I was told it would be best to expose myself than rely on medicinal help, and was told to stay as far away from cleaning products like Dettol as physically possible. Either way, it is very irresponsible and does bring up concerns about child rights and responsibilities, but I guess the courts may agree the parents buying the sweets were only acting in the good of their children - the seller on the other hand...

[Inseriousity.]

I agree with Dave here. The idea that people are infecting their children with diseases in the 21st Century is just bizarre! While the parents buying the sweets may have been acting with their childrens' best interests that does not mean that everyone would. For example, if some little **** threw bricks through my window, I could give him the lollipop and hope he/she gets ill as a bittersweet (no pun intended) revenge!


By all means, protect your child from diseases but let them get it naturally to fight it or vaccinated against it rather than self-inflicting it on them.

[Catzsy]

Is that a concern or a wish? I'd like to see DIY MMR. I think you can do your own Botox now.

You can and definitely not a wish or a concern. If people want to go around with inactive faces that look like clones that's up to them.

[LoveToStack]

I agree with Dave here. The idea that people are infecting their children with diseases in the 21st Century is just bizarre! While the parents buying the sweets may have been acting with their childrens' best interests that does not mean that everyone would. For example, if some little **** threw bricks through my window, I could give him the lollipop and hope he/she gets ill as a bittersweet (no pun intended) revenge!

Really you'd still be doing the kid a favour. If they'd been vaccinated then no harm done, if not then they get chickenpox as a child and are saved from worse symptoms as an adult.

By all means, protect your child from diseases but let them get it naturally to fight it or vaccinated against it rather than self-inflicting it on them.

What benefit is there to getting chickenpox 'naturally' rather than through a pox-party or through one of these infected lollipops? It's the same virus. Letting nature 'take its course' and hoping that you kid naturally contracts it is much riskier than just deliberately infecting them due to the severity of getting chickenpox as an adult. Fair dues you can argue for getting the vaccine over deliberately infecting your children but letting them "get it naturally" doesn't make sense.

[-ry!]

give me some so i can have days of school

[Rainbow]

I don't like this idea at all:S i'm going to be scared of eating a lollipop now

[Recursion]

No, this is not a good idea because the varicella vaccine (otherwise known as just a vaccine against chickenpox) is all you need for your body to build antibodies against the disease. People in 2011, no, people starting in the 90s don't need to ever have chickenpox. Children only need this cheap or often free vaccine from their local physician.

Outright exposing children to chickenpox is wreck-less to the child (the chance is low but still there that they could become seriously ill), and it's also wreckless to society because 1) children who didn't want anything to do with these lolipops are being exposed via parents who purchased them, and 2) contrary to what most people think, you can get chickenpox twice. Immunity to a varicella vaccine can fade gradually. The only safe way to irradiate chickenpox is to vaccine our population (which is the popular method anyway), and since vaccination is already the norm when we all have children in ten years chickenpox will be left in the past (infact it's not even spoken of as often today because of the already existing vaccine). If nobody has it anymore, and everyone is vaccinated against it, it's a dead disease.

[@]@LoveToStack[/@] [@]@slowpoke[/@] [@]@bubblegunk[/@] [@]@gommeinc

There isn't a Chickenpox vaccine in the UK though

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1032.aspx?CategoryID=62&SubCategoryID=63

[-:Undertaker:-]

As long as its voluntary then I see no problem, its best for your child to contract chickenpox otherwise it can be deadly when older.