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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I think I would have rather gone to a chicken pox "party" and missed a week of school when it had no real consequence (other than social) than missed 2 weeks of high school when it did have real academic consequences because my mother didn't like the idea of our having chicken pox, and thus shielded us from it. I was 16 when I got it; my sister was 21. My niece and nephew had to be vaccinated before they went to pre-school.
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But you never know whether or not your child is going to have a mild case if you purposefully put him or her in a situation where he or she will be infected.
Some people were having swine flu parties as well.