Barbara Walters is no spring chicken, but she's got the pox

Falling and breaking a hip may be de rigueur when you're 83 years old, but getting the chicken pox? The grande dame of the news business, Barbara Walters, is still in the hospital suffering from the pesky illness and covered in spots. In addition to advice from the Twitterverse (we can totally see Barbara taking an oatmeal bath), Whoopi Goldberg delivered some words of wisdom from her seat on "The View." "We're telling you, Barbara, no scratching," she commanded. Chicken pox is usually youngster territory, but Babs didn't contract it as a child and never got the newfangled vaccine. Here's hoping her pox doesn’t turn into painful shingles. Feel better, Barbara! [Source]

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