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People used to throw chicken pox parties to infect their kids at a young age because, while there is some risk to the young, it's much more dangerous to get chi
by Consultant32452 5y ago
People used to throw chicken pox parties to infect their kids at a young age because, while there is some risk to the young, it's much more dangerous to get chicken pox as an older person.
Do you know any other diseases where there's virtually no risk to young children but very high risk to the elderly?
- nostrademons 5y agoLots of them - polio, tuberculosis, chickenpox, influenza, ebola, typhus, salmonella, etc. There's a recent paper on this here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00668-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00668-y
- Consultant32452 5y agoYou forgot covid.