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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 hours agoChicken pox parties were a thing in the 70s and 80s. I think that’s before they had a vaccine? I don’t remember measles parties being a thing though.
minus-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 hours agoNo shit, chicken pox is not particularly serious compared to fucking measles. These people are idiots
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIn adults it’s severe and can be life-threatening
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI mean conservatives were advertising covid parties in 2020…
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 hours agoFor little ones, no big deal. For teens or older, it’s godawful. Easily the worst sickness of my entire life.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 hours agoMy parents tried to get me sick in the 70s, never caught it. Then I got hit with chicken pox when I was 16 and it fucked me royal, still have scars. Be damned sure I got my shingles vax though!
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoChickenpox is severe the older you are. Compared to shingles, chickenpox is more likely to cause severe symptoms
Chicken pox parties were a thing in the 70s and 80s. I think that’s before they had a vaccine? I don’t remember measles parties being a thing though.
No shit, chicken pox is not particularly serious compared to fucking measles. These people are idiots
In adults it’s severe and can be life-threatening
I mean conservatives were advertising covid parties in 2020…
For little ones, no big deal. For teens or older, it’s godawful. Easily the worst sickness of my entire life.
My parents tried to get me sick in the 70s, never caught it. Then I got hit with chicken pox when I was 16 and it fucked me royal, still have scars. Be damned sure I got my shingles vax though!
Chickenpox is severe the older you are. Compared to shingles, chickenpox is more likely to cause severe symptoms