bowerbird
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Well... it seems like they have consent, since the parents are seeking out these infected lollipops and having their mailed to their own address. It's just ignorant because the lollipops contain a live virus and it's not comparable to a vaccine.
I don't know why the parents are so afraid of their kids getting chicken pox anyway. It's not that serious of a disease and you're immune for life after you have it.
BLARRRRRP! (sound of siren) WRONG!!!
Chickenpox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaShingles
Main article: Herpes zoster
After a chickenpox infection, the virus remains dormant in the body's nerve tissues. The immune system keeps the virus at bay, but later in life, usually as an adult, it can be reactivated and cause a different form of the viral infection called shingles (scientifically known as herpes zoster).[18]
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Chickenpox and Shingles Factsheet - NSW Department of HealthChickenpox and Shingles
Chickenpox is a common viral infection that can reappear later in life as shingles. A vaccine is recommended for all infants and non immune adults.
What is Shingles?
Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox, usually in adulthood and many years after the initial chickenpox illness.
The illness is characterised by a painful chickenpox-like rash on a small area of skin, usually on one side of the body.
Pain and tingling associated with the rash may persist for weeks or months after the rash has cleared. This is called post-herpetic neuralgia.
The virus can be spread by direct contact with the skin rash of infected people. This causes chickenpox in people who are not immune.
Shingles develops more commonly in people who are immunosuppressed.
So, you are not granting your child immunity - rather the opposite - a probability of experiencing a debilitating and painful disease later in life