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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 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-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 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-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 hours agoNo shit, chicken pox is not particularly serious compared to fucking measles. These people are idiots
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 minutes agoI mean conservatives were advertising covid parties in 2020…
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 hours agoFor little ones, no big deal. For teens or older, it’s godawful. Easily the worst sickness of my entire life.
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.
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!
No shit, chicken pox is not particularly serious compared to fucking measles. These people are idiots
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.