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You might have heard by now that some families are deliberately exposing their kids to H1N1 in the hopes of building up an immunity to the virus while it is in a relatively mild form and few people are dying from it.
That’s not necessarily as crazy as it sounds. In the days before the chicken pox vaccine, chicken pox parties were a good way to ensure that your child got chicken pox before she or he outgrew the window where it’s a relatively minor illness. Chicken pox in adults is serious, and the only immunity to be had was through suffering it out as a kid.
Swine flu is another matter. A relatively new illness that could be mutating fast, swine flu is not something we all have to go through, and it is known to be dangerous. Continue reading »
If you paused for even a moment to consider the answer to that question, please read on. The answer should be a resounding, “No.”
As normally intelligent commentators like Bill Maher groundlessly sound off against the vaccine, the Internet is abuzz with reports of potential swine flu parties. Continue reading »
This is one soiree that I would not want to attend. A swine flu party. Apparently there has been talk that swine flu parties are being arranged to expose children to the H1N1 virus early –and giving the kid immunity – before the strain becomes more virulent later on. This would be in the same vein as a classic chicken pox or a measles party. What do doctors think of this type of event planning? Continue reading »
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