>>>>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..
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>>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.
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>I had the chickenpox when I was 29. It darn near killed me. Tempature up to 104. Pox covered 70% of my body for a week. Yes, I can say it can be serious.

I had them when I was a very young child - young enough that I don't remember it (just my mother telling me that I had had it).

I'd much rather see kids vaccinated so they don't get sick and so they don't become little chickenpox carriers.