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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by Consultant32452 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @12:42AM (#29634339)
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?

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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by nostrademons on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @01:57AM (#29634756)
Lots 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

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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by Consultant32452 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:55AM (#29638560)
You forgot covid.
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