Doctors warn against taking children to 'swine parties'

Updated July 2, 2009 11:37:59


In Britain, parents are taking their children to 'swine flu parties' so that they'll get the virus now, and hopefully build up immunity.

But medical experts have urged parents to think twice. They say they don't yet know enough about the deadly virus, and the parents are risking the lives of their children.

Presenter: Stephanie Kennedy
Speakers: John Oxford, Professor of Virology at the Royal London and St Barts Hospital; Justine Roberts, founder of the website mumsnet.com

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