Chickenpox Lollipops

[thej27]

Chickenpox Lollipops By Mail? Illegal, Prosecutor Warns | ThirdAge
I can't believe some parents would willingly do this to their kids. Nothing like buying an infectious disease from a stranger.

 

[jbombelli]

I can't even find the words to describe what a bad idea I think that is.

:noob:

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

What in hell is wrong with people? I had this thing in 8th grade. I was digging those farkin things out of my scalp for weeks. There's a vaccination for it now. Chicken pox sucks. Infecting people on purpose is evil. Somebody needs to be smacked, hard.

 

[Benny]

While I think this is beyond a terrible idea, I've heard countless stories about parents forcing their kids to hang out with an infected sibling/neighborhood kid so they can get it over with. I have no idea how true it is that getting chicken pox is much more serious for an adult than for a child, but I know people were lead to believe that back in the day.

BTW, despite being exposed to them as a child, I've never had them...I'll let you know how bad they are as an adult if I ever get them.

 

[Expat]

They now say that you lose your immunity after a few decades. The adult form is shingles, one of the more painful things you can get. I got a booster vaccine this year. No adverse reaction.

 

[littletommy]

I thought the title of this thread was a line out of an old REM song.

 

[mrjarrell]

I love the thought of people committing a felony so they can deliberately infect their kids with a contagious disease. Idiots.

 

[Stschil]

Chicken pox was a family affair when I was a kid. My cousins got it first, my Mom invited them over for the weekend so my brothers and I would all get them. Then we were farmed out to other cousins.

So, the stories are true. I been exposed to them several times as an adult and have never contracted them again. I have also thanked my Mom for what she did.

 

[rambone]

Chicken Pox Party!! I'll bring the guacamole!

 

[Hornett]

I've heard countless stories about parents forcing their kids to hang out with an infected sibling/neighborhood kid so they can get it over with. I have no idea how true it is that getting chicken pox is much more serious for an adult than for a child, but I know people were lead to believe that back in the day.

Once one of my kids got them, they ALL had them. Believe me I didn't have to do anything on purpose.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Now, it's not to say I minded having them so much; I got over the hard part in a couple of days, a week off school, and it was late spring, so the daughter of the backdoor neighbor was out sunbathing. But pickin those little bastiges out of my scalp...

 

[MrsXtremeVel]

I got chickenpox when I was 16 from the little monsters I babysat for. Ended up in the ER with a tube down my throat so I could breathe. That was the end of my babysitting days. They couldn't pay me enough after that.

 

[hornadylnl]

I had the chicken pox before I was 10. I went back to Germany with the Guard in 99 at age 23. After we got done with the field, I noticed blisters on the front of my stomach and back and went to the camp medical facility. The medic said it was herpes and all I could think was how was I going to explain that to my wife. Finally, an LT came in and looked at it and said it was shingles. He asked if he could take a picture of it and use it for a screensaver. Those blisters hurt like hell once they dried up!

They say stress can bring on shingles which is a relapse of chicken pox.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Yup, becomes one of those latent viruses that waits around in you to come out at the worst times. I have the usual mouth herpes, but my favorite is the pleurisy one. Feels like I'm being stabbed through the chest.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

It's legal to mail varicella virus if it's properly packaged and labelled. Class B biological hazard, UN 3393. Maybe also ORM-D. But not for individuals, only institutions.

Citation: USPS Website, 6.1

 

[JetGirl]

I'm one of the weird cases of getting them twice.
Once when I was two... and once when I was a freshman in high school (first day of spring break).