article is totally irresponsible as it stands Some responsible person with more time than me should edit this article to make clear that 1 this would be seen as child endangerment if not child abuse in most jurisdictions I say this as an attorney 2 hosting one of these introduces substantial civil liability risk for the culprits see above 3 the chicken pox virus causes long term complications in a non trivial portion of individuals who are infected and 4 acute exposure to high viral load levels such as via deliberate exposure increases the severity of most viral illnesses I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the human species