Most doctors believe that deliberately infecting a child with chickenpox is a bad idea. While chickenpox is mild for most children, it can be a dangerous virus for others — and there's no way to know which child will have a serious case, experts say.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 23, 2017.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Chickenpox parties were once a popular way for parents to expose their children to the virus so they would get sick, recover and build up immunity to the disease. Kentucky Gov.
“I don’t know why you would expose your child to something that could potentially have serious complications,” said Dr. Candice Dye, a pediatrician and associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “When you get the vaccine your body is given a protective dose, which allows your body to make antigens so you don’t get the full-blown experience.
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