Parents Mail-Order Infected Lollipops
Authorities and doctors are warning parents who want to avoid chicken pox vaccines for their children that a
new mail-order scheme to share lollipops licked by children infected with the disease as a way to create immunity in their kids is not only unsafe but illegal. “Can you imagine getting a package in the mail from this complete stranger that you know from Facebook because you joined a group, and say here, drink this purported spit from some other kid?” U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry Martin told The Associated Press/
Leezel Tinglao
, ABC News.
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Question: Is this nuts or what?
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