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Parents of private Facebook groups organize "chickenpox events" to make their children sick.
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A group from Boulder, Colorado, parents share with each other the best way to insure their children contract chicken pox.

In case you are wondering, "tent" is the best.

Were suspected chicken pox the usual way in which parents exposed their children to chickenpox to boost their immunity against the disease? That is, practiced only before 1995, the year of the introduction of the blessed vaccine against shingles for chicken pox? Nope. The affiliate information about NBC 9News.com reports that the dates of playing chickenpox are alive and well.

Planning a bout of chicken pox

The TV channel said it received screen shots from a private Facebook group showing the favorite method of a chickenpox holiday.

A Colorado television channel announced that Boulder's parents were organizing an evening with chickenpox to expose their children to the highly contagious disease. (Photo: Getty Images)

The poster says for the most effective chickenpox festival:

  • Make a comfortable tent with blankets and lock the children inside.
  • Allow the children to breathe the breath expired from each other for 30 minutes.
  • Add glow sticks, legos and flashlights for fun.
  • "As the party begins!"
  • "Bonus to share snacks in the same bowl."

Oh, and this advice comes from a friend who works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the poster.

What the CDC really says

The CDC does not approve a method of natural immunity.

Chicken pox is a mild illness for most children, but not for all children. The center says on his website:

"There is no way of knowing who will have a serious case.When your child gets vaccinated against chickenpox, he is immune to chickenpox without the risk of serious complications from the disease."

Each year, 10,600 of the 4 million cases of chickenpox result in hospitalizations and up to 150 deaths. most of these deaths are prevented by chickenpox vaccination.

Mom: 'Do my best to get you in'.

While some parents only appear at the planning stage, another mom actively enrolls calendar people in the calendar. An integration of Facebook captured by the news channel showed a mother who was talking about doing her best to adapt to anyone wishing to be exposed to the disease.

"I have been overwhelmed by requests for my daughter to share chicken pox, and I can answer as many requests as possible," said the mother.

Although parents hope to help their children, a visit to the grocery store or Target could involve spreading the disease to immunocompromised people. The highly contagious disease can be transmitted one to two days before even the onset of a rash on the body until all vesicles of chickenpox form crusts, or about five to seven days , according to the CDC.

Varicella has rare but serious side effects, including:

  • Pneumonia
  • Encephalitis, swelling of the brain
  • bleeding problems
  • bacterial infections of the skin
  • blood infections (sepsis)
  • death

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