Daily dilemma: Would you encourage your kids to go to a "swine flu" party?

First there were chicken pox parties. And now, as the swine flu season is in full swing, it's party time for those seeking a more natural way to innoculate against the H1N1 virus. Some infectious disease specialists understand the rationale behind these "swine flu" parties where parents try to intentially infect their kids. But many doctors like Dr. Anna Moscona disagree.

“I think it’s totally nuts,” she said in a New York Times article last spring. “I can’t believe people are really thinking of doing it. I understand the thinking, but I just fear we don’t know enough about how this virus would react in every individual. This is like the Middle Ages, when people deliberately infected themselves with smallpox. It’s vigilante vaccination — you know, taking immunity into your own hands.”

What would you do? Would you attend or host a swine flu party?

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2 yearss ago

Are you serious!? I can't even believe you're asking this question. Of course I wouldn't send my kid to a "swine flu" party. That's insane! Just like the doctor in the New York Times article mentions we just don't know enough yet about swine flu. Why gamble when it comes to your kids health? To me it doesn't make any sense.

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