When I was very young a kid on my street got chickenpox. Instead of everyone freaking out and everyone hiding in their basements all the moms on the street decided to have a chickenpox party. As far as I know all the kids including myself got it and recovered quickly. From that point on we were all immune.
I was too young to remember and it never came up until I asked my mom later in life why I had a small scar over my eyebrow. She told me all about the party and everyone having chickenpox at the same time so nobody had to worry about it later. She said that I was scratching myself all over from the itching and was digging in a little too deep. She then said she put mittens on me until the infection was gone to keep me from doing more harm.
She acted like it was not uncommon to have a chickenpox party back in the day.
The same thing with measels back in the day. The cp vax had just came out when our oldest was born. I asked the pedi how necessary it was. He said it wasn't; it was for convenience and economics. Basically mom doesn't have to take time off from work and Timmy doesn't have to miss any school.
When I was very young a kid on my street got chickenpox. Instead of everyone freaking out and everyone hiding in their basements all the moms on the street decided to have a chickenpox party. As far as I know all the kids including myself got it and recovered quickly. From that point on we were all immune.
I was too young to remember and it never came up until I asked my mom later in life why I had a small scar over my eyebrow. She told me all about the party and everyone having chickenpox at the same time so nobody had to worry about it later. She said that I was scratching myself all over from the itching and was digging in a little too deep. She then said she put mittens on me until the infection was gone to keep me from doing more harm.
She acted like it was not uncommon to have a chickenpox party back in the day.
The same thing with measels back in the day. The cp vax had just came out when our oldest was born. I asked the pedi how necessary it was. He said it wasn't; it was for convenience and economics. Basically mom doesn't have to take time off from work and Timmy doesn't have to miss any school.