EAST TEXAS, (KLTV) - Even though her 4-year-old son has been vaccinated for Chicken Pox--Dawn Weight would rather have gone au natural.
She isn't against vaccines--she simply thinks getting Chicken Pox is best.
"I think it's better to get it because then your body builds the immunities for it. If you get a vaccine, it's only for that one strand," she said.
And, she would have no problem taking her son to a "Chicken Pox Party."
"If I knew a friend and her kids had chicken pox, my son would be over there," she told us.
Dr. Mike McCrady, a Trinity Mother Frances hospitalist, says that's a bad idea.
"In modern times, we have a very effective and safe vaccine to prevent a disease like chicken pox. The idea that someone would purposefully give a live virus to a person for any reason doesn't make any sense, " said McCrady.
He said Chicken Pox can be fatal. He also told us that some parents have a fear of vaccines because they don't understand how they work. The Chicken Pox vaccine is a weakened form of the virus and won't harm a child like the wild virus can.
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