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  • Sandinband
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    3 years ago

    Did you guys get chickenpox?

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I did. there wasn't a vax when I was a kid and symptoms for it tended to be less severe, so parents would schedule chicken pox get togethers to spread it and get immunity.

      I remember it being annoying and staying home from school, watching cartoons, and being watched/told to stop scratching constantly.

      • Sandinband
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        3 years ago

        I never really thought about it but I guess like all the adults in my life have similar experiences. I remember the nurse giving me one of my rounds of shots was saying how dangerous it can be so it's crazy to me that parents intentionally gave it to their kids.

        • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          If I remember right, it's only really dangerous if you get it as an adult. As a kid you get bumpy/itchy and then it goes away.

          It can kill adults without immunity.

          • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            yeah, like 10 years before the vax was around, I remember the only fear about it was for adults who hadn't gotten it as a kid. chance of severe symptoms and death skyrocket for adults and it's stupidly contagious. and it seemed like it was always around, moving through the schools. it seemed like if you wanted a job that involved working with kids, you better have already had it as a kid.

            and it's not like the kid I got it from had to spit in my mouth. we just hung out in the same room for lunch, watched tv and he showed me his blisters.

    • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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      3 years ago

      Yes, bc Mother was an antivaxer. I also have had shingles multiple times since. It's the fucking worst.

      (i got my mom to take the covid vax tho thank god)

      • Sandinband
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        3 years ago

        I'm so sorry :meow-hug: my mom didn't become antivaxx until I was a teenager so I got all my important shots and now can get the others in secret

        • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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          3 years ago

          aw thanks comrade. Yeah shingles is hella painful, do not recommend. I have had it twice during very high stress periods of my life. Immunity is a fucc

          • Sandinband
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            3 years ago

            Could the shingles vaccine do anything for you? Hopefully you don't have another flare-up :meow-hug:

    • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Had it. Was basically quarantined in my bedroom and watched tv, ate soup, etc. Still got some scars because i couldnt stop scratching.

    • Sasuke [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      my country doesn't vaccine against it

      somehow i still managed to not get it as a kid, and then i got vaxxed as an adult