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Chicken pocks

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Hunnybunn72 · 28/11/2013 11:22

My friends 10 month kid has just got it, should I take my 9 month old round to catch it or is that an old wives tale??

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 28/11/2013 11:24

I wouldn't. Most of the time chicken pox is a fairly mild illness with no lasting after effects, but in a small number of cases, it can be very serious indeed.

GinGinGin · 28/11/2013 11:24

Why would you intentionally try to make your child ill? Oh & btw it's pox.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 28/11/2013 11:26

I should emphasise that it is a very, very small number of cases that are serious.

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