I wouldn't post this on my business FB -pox party

[pixy0stix]

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150976021732726&set=a.389747822725.172942.91763022725&type=1

[mcgee]

On your personal page, sure. On your business page, um no.

[basilosaurus]

Those comments are insane. Yay! Have fun! Good for you!

Chicken pox was one of the most miserable weeks of my life. Why would any mother want to deal with a handful of sick and miserable kids?

[charliebrown]

I just saw that...and unliked her page for it. I know it's not related to her business, but I just can't bring myself to shop there when she puts that info out in the open like that!

ETA: Just a lurker chiming in...

[msmerymac]

Quick, everyone "like" the girl who was accused of being judgmental and rude.

[pixy0stix]

"I'm going to purposefully expose my children to a communicable disease. Whee! I'm such a good parent!"

::shakes head::

I mean, I get it (sorta), but her business page FFS?

[msmerymac]

Jun 19, 2012 17:28:25 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Those comments are insane. Yay! Have fun! Good for you!

Chicken pox was one of the most miserable weeks of my life. Why would any mother want to deal with a handful of sick and miserable kids?

And it's not even a "handful" - apparently those 6 kids are all hers. OMFG.

[pixy0stix]

"And I'd prefer my children to not get cancer or alzheimer's from dirty ingredients in vaccines, thanks."

I'm so glad she added to the gene pool.

[basilosaurus]

Wait, all those kids are hers? I figured it was a van full of neighborhood kids. Did she adopt? They all look really close in age.

I hope the baby is at least a year old. CP can have high mortality rates in infancy.

[basilosaurus]

This one is killing me (pun not intended)

Most of us had chicken pox as kids and I don't know a single person who died from it (personally).

You mean, none of your high school friends died from chicken pox in early childhood? Shocking!

[msmerymac]

"The chicken pox vaccine was created by big pharmaceutical corps to make money. Employers were losing money having parents miss out on wok to take care of their child with chicken pox for a week to 2 weeks at a time. SO money talked and the vaccine was created to save money to employers so that they no longer had to miss wok to take care of their chicken pox kids. Hello big corporate America."

[msmerymac]

Someone mentioned something about having 6 kids with chicken pox at the same time. Maybe they're wrong? I kind of hope so. Although the two girls are dressed alike, leading me to believe they're both hers.

Also, someone mentioned how only 100 kids died from chicken pox in X year. Oh! Only 100. Well, I guess if my kid died, that'd be a great story to tell at a cocktail party. :0

[basilosaurus]

Another winner

You know why people are getting shingles more commonly now later in life? BECAUSE of the vaccine!

It hasn't been around all that long, dumbass. It was offered to me 18 years ago. Would I count as a "later in life" person yet? Oh, but wait, my mom didn't get it for me, and so I caught cp when I was 16. It suuuuuuucked. Guess what, I'm still at risk for shingles.

[AJL]

I don't think it's out of context with her business. She's obviously catering to what her customers would do anyway.

[msmerymac]

My dad had shingles in his 40s and he sure as hell never had a chicken pox vaccine.

He also had a friend who got chicken pox several times. Just one of those people who could never develop "natural" immunity and therefore got it every time one of his kids had it or he was around a kid who had it.

AND my cousin (an only child) never got it as a kid and therefore got it from her son when she was around 30. Not fun.

[AJL]

I had shingles when DS was 10 months old. I had chicken pox when I was 6. That's how I got shingles at 30. Shingles happen. These people are stupid. I hope those kids all get chicken pox at the same time. Then lets see how smart this lady thinks she is.

[Deleted]

She has six kids and I have none. :-(

I was so miserable when I had chicken pox and I had to miss Judy Blume talk at my school. :-(

[thejackpot]

I had chicken pox on my birthday and Christmas, I hope my mom did not take me to a pox party and make me miss all of that awesomeness

[BravoBravo]

They are all her kids, one is adopted.

[One Girl In All The World]

OMFG "there is antibiotics for whooping cough....it's all about the scare tactics people."

[ringstrue]

i jumped in

[One Girl In All The World]

Yea me too. I hate people today.

ETA: Mind you, my response wasn't particularly eloquent or scientific, but why bother with that level of stupid.

[darnkatz]

There are some real gems on that page.

[One Girl In All The World]

I love how these people are so convinced that we are the brain-washed ones.

[ringstrue]

Your doctors have brainwashed you! The site someone made up told me so!

[One Girl In All The World]

Oh my motherfucking god. Guys. Doctors get super rich off of bonuses for vaccines!!ELEVEN!!!!

[pixy0stix]

You're all welcome.

[mcgee]

Jun 19, 2012 18:00:30 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

"The chicken pox vaccine was created by big pharmaceutical corps to make money. Employers were losing money having parents miss out on wok to take care of their child with chicken pox for a week to 2 weeks at a time. SO money talked and the vaccine was created to save money to employers so that they no longer had to miss wok to take care of their chicken pox kids. Hello big corporate America."

There is a tiny bit of truth in that: the vaccine was originally developed for children with cancer or other immune problems who were at higher risk of complications from chicken pox. The CDC rejected the vaccine as part of the required vaccination schedule back in the early 80s, saying that it wasn't cost-effective to require it for all children because the medical costs of chicken pox didn't justify the cost of the vaccine. It was only later when the cost of parents taking off work to care for sick children was added into the equation that the vaccine was then considered "cost effective" and ended up on the schedule.

We've been invited to several pox parties, but my husband is opposed to deliberate exposure, so we've never gone.

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[ttt]

Also, all those kids and only one is adopted?? They look like they were all born within 3 years.