![Planning a COVID-19 Party? Experts Say No Way!](https://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2020/05/RS25496_GettyImages-489634516-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Planning a COVID-19 Party? Experts Say No Way!
I was 8 when I first got the chickenpox. I didn't get it from a stranger but from my best friend from childhood.
I remember exactly when I got exposed. We were at the grocery store in Asotin Washington. I was in the backseat of the car and I could hear my foster mom talking with Melanie's mom. I heard them say that Melanie had the chickenpox.
My mom came to the side of the car, I rolled down the window, and she said go talk to Melanie in the car next to us.
Imagine my surprise when I got the chickenpox. I did enjoy the soda and crackers while I was sick and the good news, I haven't had chickenpox since then but they did itch like crazy.
My son Logan got them as a kid but I don't know where. We didn't expose him as my parents did to me.
I'm sure there are parents and people out there who think that the same approach will work for COVID-19 but the experts are saying don't do it.
Walla Walla Department of Community Health released a statement saying that throwing a COVID-19 party on the hope of getting everyone inoculated the natural way could be dangerous.
The DCH says the community should refrain from such parties.
According to the stats from Walla Walla County, 94 cases in the county and one death.
The experts are saying no on COVID-19 parties so just a heads up that planning and attending a party might not be in your own self-interest.
You can check out more details on the press release here.
![97.1 KXRX logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KXRXFM.png?w=100)
KEEP READING: Creative Ways to Bring Joy to Your Neighborhood While Social Distancing
More From 97.1 KXRX
![Toxic Algae Bloom Forces Closure Of Popular Lake](http://townsquare.media/site/642/files/2022/08/attachment-Blue-Green-Algae_Idaho-Dept-of-Environmental-Quality.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Man Missing From Walla Walla River Front May Have Drowned](http://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2022/05/attachment-rescue.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Body of Missing Moses Lake Woman Recovered in Walla Walla County](http://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2022/05/attachment-Yadira.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Tri-Cities Shoppers Should Keep Their Facemasks, At Least For Now](http://townsquare.media/site/134/files/2022/03/attachment-ehsan-ahmadnejad-IuVMBeVqaAw-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Tri-Cities Residents Order Your Free COVID-19 Test Kit from USPS](http://townsquare.media/site/112/files/2022/01/attachment-GettyImages-1230476939.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This is What My Life Was Like Being Positive for Omicron in Tri-Cities](http://townsquare.media/site/112/files/2022/01/attachment-nik-shuliahin-BuNWp1bL0nc-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Benton PUD Working with Customers at Risk of Losing Electric](http://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2021/09/attachment-Power-repair-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Vaccination Card To Eat At Washington Restaurants? It Could Happen!](http://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2021/09/attachment-RS46140_GettyImages-1303706874-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Clarkston Walmart Closes Over COVID – Could Tri-Cities Be Next?](http://townsquare.media/site/133/files/2017/07/GettyImages-52802374.jpg?w=980&q=75)