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Love seeing all the hate here. Pretty sure all of us grew-up in the era where we contracted chicken-pox. We took an oatmeal bath, spent a few days at home, and
by jriot 8y ago
Love seeing all the hate here. Pretty sure all of us grew-up in the era where we contracted chicken-pox. We took an oatmeal bath, spent a few days at home, and all was well again.
- majewsky 8y agoExcept for those children that died of it, which you probably didn't see. The plural of anecdote is not data.
- theOneTrueOld 8y ago"The plural of anecdote is not data" Wonderful, Is that yours?
- jonheller 8y agoMy sister was sick enough from chicken pox that her doctor told her to take aspirin. She died about a week later from Reye's Syndrome. So no, we were all not well again.
- burfog 8y agoBlame that death on the doctor being unaware of problems with aspirin. (many decades ago?) Chickenpox barely had anything to do with the death; many ordinary illnesses would give the same result.
- bogle 8y agoA quick check of what Reye's Syndrome was would have told you that it is both associated with chickenpox and the first paper to make the link to aspirin was in 1989 (add time for that information to be fully understood and disseminated).
- burfog 8y agoIt's also associated with the flu and, generally, with upper respiratory tract infections.
- happytoexplain 8y agoThat's a dangerous oversimplification and dismissal of reality. It's also unclear what you mean by "love seeing all the hate here." You should elaborate, rather than insult.
- bogle 8y agoYou should read all the way through the article, or read it again. The death toll is quite clearly stated.