Chicken Pox Lollipops Ineffective

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Chicken Pox Lollipops Ineffective

November 8, 2011 | ISSUE 47•45

Health officials are warning that a recent parenting trend of giving children a lollipop licked by a child with chicken pox instead of using a vaccine is not only ineffective, but also poses numerous other health risks. What do you think?

That is ridiculous. Everyone knows sharing the same toilet seat works far better.

Michael Cruikshank
Glass Sander
Additionally, kissing a broken arm is not adequate treatment for such an injury. You have to rub it with a half-eaten Big Mac from someone else who has a broken arm.

Jill Lewis
Towel-Cabinet Repairer
Besides getting chicken pox, the only other risk I foresee is getting stuck with a green lollipop. Turns your whole damn mouth green. Sick.

Jason Kirkland
Unemployed

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