Most kids contracted this itchy, highly contagious infection from school or siblings, and once you have the chicken pox, the body builds immunity to it, and you never get it again.
The chicken pox vaccine is now a recommended part of the pediatric vaccination schedule, and ensures that no child has to go through the miserable few days of chicken pox ever again.
However, some parents are worried about over-vaccinating their children, and are going to extreme measures to avoid the shots.
Some parents in the United States are getting their kids together with friends infected with the chicken pox (called "pox parties") so they can contract the disease "naturally" without vaccination.
Others are going to greater lengths and are actually purchasing chicken pox-laced lollipops, vials of saliva and other products from the internet to avoid vaccines, but experts say both of these are very bad ideas.
Dr. Tim Jones, Tennessee State’s epidemiologist told Reuters Health, “They are putting at risk the people around them.”
He also added that shipping pox-laced lollipops and other items was “utterly inexcusable. In this case, these people who are buying and selling infected or contaminated body fluids from complete strangers. There are a bunch of things wrong with this.”
To learn more, read the full article: Chicken Pox Parties and Lollipops - How Parents are Putting Kids at Risk
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