Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

a year ago by FenrirIII to c/nottheonion

At least 146 measles cases have been identified in West Texas so far, including 20 hospitalizations and one death.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18998979

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BigLime 23 points a year ago

Never thought I'd read 'measles party' in my life

Like wtf does that even mean? The article was like 2 sentences long

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nokturne213 40 points a year ago

Back in the 80s, but probably before and after that, parents would get their kids together for Chickepox parties. It would spread the chickenpox to ensure kids got it for the immunity, as it is much worse when you are an adult.

There was a South Park episode about it.

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saltesc 16 points a year ago

This happened to me as a very young kid (6 maybe?) in the early 90s. All my school friends got sick from the party. Apart from the itching and sore throat, I remember just playing with Lego for a few days instead of going to school and it was great.

One of the dads (neighbour) got it and had to stay at the hospital for a few days.

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BigLime 3 points a year ago

Oml I actually vaguely remember that episode, it was at Kenny's house

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lka1988 2 points a year ago

Simpsons did a similar bit when Maggie got chickenpox.

I never got the chickenpox vaccination, as it didn't exist when I was a kid. I got shingles a few years ago, so that was fun.

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Sludgehammer 17 points a year ago

It's an old idea, you'd basically have a sleepover of uninfected individuals with a few infected individuals. The idea was you'd give everyone the disease at the same time, meaning the next time the disease came through you'd have unified immunity, rather than a mix some individuals being immune and some still being susceptible having avoided infection the last time. It's better than nothing for disease control, but only just barely.

Of course, it became unnecessary with vaccines for the various diseases "treated" that way. Since with a vaccine you can gain immunity without actually having to catch the disease in question.

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BigLime 4 points a year ago

Was literally about to say, of only we had a way to make people immune without the risk of so much death...

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