Swapping chicken pox-infected lollipops illegal

[freeradical]

How long can the virus that causes Chicken Pox survive outside of the body?

Most viruses do not survive very long outside of the body.

Also, kids get vaccinated against chicken pox now.

[SDGuy]

freeradical wrote:
...kids get vaccinated against chicken pox now.

methinks you don't understand the parent's motivations...

[NewtonMP2100]

.....the news said that the virus wouldn't survive long on the lollipop when being shipped but they said there was danger of catching other things......

[Janit]

It's all a matter of risk vs benefit.

Before there was a vaccine, rubella parties were common to protect girls from the danger of contracting rubella during pregnancy later in life.

Many "childhood" diseases are much more serious if contracted in adulthood. If you were eventually going to get these diseases anyways, then it seemed better to "get it over with" early.

Now that there are so many effective vaccines available, the risks of such exposures far outweigh the benefits.

It is regrettable that the current anti-vaccine movement is based on emotion, not on science.

[freeradical]

I also have to wonder about the efficacy of this method.

When is the viral load of someone infected with chicken pox at it's highest, and when is someone infected with chicken pox most contagious?

With the flu, someone is most contagious in the 24 hour period prior to showing any symptoms.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Janit wrote:
It is regrettable that the current anti-vaccine movement is based on emotion idiocy, not on science.

Fixed.

[Jimmypoo]

I wish some of the best looking strippers in Atlanta would have a "Chlamydia Party."

I'd go to that so I'd have RESISTANCE!

And since that wouldn't actually happen, I'd still have SOME GREAT VIDEOS!!!!

[M A V I C]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Janit]
It is regrettable that the current anti-vaccine movement is based on emotion idiocy, not on science.

Fixed.
There may be multiple "movements" so I can't speak for all. But I know many who are against many vaccines and their reasons are based strictly on science. They include doctors and researchers who have spent many years researching the issues.

[sekker]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=Janit]
It is regrettable that the current anti-vaccine movement is based on emotion idiocy, not on science.

Fixed.
There may be multiple "movements" so I can't speak for all. But I know many who are against many vaccines and their reasons are based strictly on science. They include doctors and researchers who have spent many years researching the issues.
M A V I C - sorry, but I work in this science research space. I know of NO reputable study that shows that vaccination is a problem. Indeed, the main 'science' that was cited for years has been recently and soundly shown to be genuine scientific fraud.

You can always get a booster vaccine later in life.

When you are infected with chicken pox (as I was when I was young), your cells are invaded by a foreign DNA virus invaded. It normally lies dormant. But when it wakes up - in your nervous system - you get the disease known as Shingles. Often very painful, and it can even be debilitating. With the vaccine, this infection does not happen.