November 11, 2011 | In: Articles, Diseases, Health Care
Lollipop containing chickenpox virus becomes a trend in the U.S
Lollipop containing chickenpox virus becomes a trend in the U.S.
In the United States, there is an online business that sells secondhand licking lollipops children who had chicken pox. Lollipop called ‘Lollipox’ so attractive to children of mothers exposed to smallpox early so as to increase a child’s immune.
Lollipop containing chickenpox virus becomes a trend in the U.S
Candy is marketed by a woman named Wendy Werkit through Facebook and priced at U.S. $ 50 or about Rp 450,000 per fruit. Not unexpectedly, this business to be sold in the market.
Not only that, a Facebook group called ‘Find a Pox Party in Your Area’ (look for small pox party in your area) was formed with the aim to bring together people who seek and share the chickenpox virus to their children. The aim is that children exposed to the chickenpox virus early on.
Lolipox become a trend due to concerns of mothers against smallpox disease in children. Smallpox disease that strikes when adults are usually more dangerous than the attack when he was a child. Provision of the smallpox virus is expected to be able to improve the child’s immune system against the smallpox virus for the rest of his life.
This candy prices are cheaper than the price of smallpox vaccination of U.S. $ 120 or $ 1 million. However, not all parents agree with this strange trend. Instead may help boost immunity, Mrs. Werkit even been sued by a lawyer named Jerry Martin on charges of spreading the disease.
“There’s no way this thing can successfully transmit chickenpox to other children. If it contains a high dose of virus and shipped very quickly, could still theoretically possible. But it still is not an effective way, because the virus usually have to breathe,” said Isaac Thomsen, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital as NYDailyNews.com released on Thursday (11/10/2011).
According to Jerry Martin, transmit diseases or viruses across borders is a federal crime. Send lollipops contain the smallpox virus to be unlawful as well as sending anthrax virus-contaminated objects. And the punishment can reach one to 20 years in prison.
A doctor named Thomsen Vanderbilt even more worrisome if the candy was contaminated with measles virus. Measles has a significant mortality rate, causing more severe complications and is very contagious than chicken pox.
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