>>http://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2011/11/chickenpox-lollipops-chickenpox-parties.html
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>>What fun...
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>I read that this weekend and was just amazed at how stupid some people are. It's tough to suprise me with the stupidity of people - I keep (mistakenly) thinking they can't get worse..

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with that, but some parents do in fact want their children to get chickenpox early and get it out of the way. It is a fairly mild ailment when you're young but can be serious if you get it later. And you only get it once.