(April 19, 2019 at 5:28 pm)Fireball Wrote:(April 19, 2019 at 1:29 pm)Jackalope Wrote: I don't know how common it was, but chickenpox play dates were a thing back in the 70s at least, when the vaccine was decades away. In that context, I can understand it - the only path to immunity was exposure and it's not something you want to catch as an adult.
As an alternative to vaccination? Fuck no.
That's true, and IIRC the reason was because if one was exposed to chicken pox they were able to handle small pox better (as in living through it).
Um......... no. Two different viral classes, there is no cross immunity. But that very well could have been early folklore because the lesions look similar.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
