Chickenpox Lollipops

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by carnation

Once the vaccine came out, my 7 youngest got it (the older ones had already had chicken pox). Every one of the vaccinated ones got chicken pox anyway. When I asked the doctor about it, he said they got a lighter case than they would have without the vaccine.I think he made that up since their cases were as bad as those of my unvaccinated ones.

As the only person I know who never has had the chicken pox and who got vaccinated in my late 30s - YIKES!!!

But to speak to DrPhil's original post - that's pretty darn irresponsible to knowingly ship infectious material. Had something happened to the packaging, couldn't some unsuspecting person have been exposed? I realize that chicken pox isn't exactly anthrax, but still.

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

that's pretty darn irresponsible to knowingly ship infectious material.

That's my concern. What is wrong with people?????

[KSUViolet06]

Ew.

I have had the pox, but as an infant, so I don't remember it.

I always cringed when people I knew got it at older ages because their descriptions of how they felt were SO AWFUL. I used to be like "man I'm glad I got it as a baby."

One time, someone told me (in elementary school) that I could still get it even though I'd had it before and I cried. lol.