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CRAP - kid has chicken pox :(:(:(

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Torn Mind said:
If there is a preggo woman on board, you're also putting that person or child-to-be at risk...
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Apparently in the OP's mind:

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[DHT]Osiris said:
Yeah, it's a lot worse for adults who haven't gotten it before, which you're more likely to run into on a plane than elsewhere. It also can cause shingles later in life, which is Very Bad®. It's still fucking stupid to expose strangers to shit you know about.
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I never had it (38) but have been vaccinated.
 
purbeast0 said:
Is it possible to push the trip back a week? That would be the route I'd go.

You think having a son with chicken pox on vacation is going to be fun for anyone?
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Way back in the day my younger brother and I BOTH came down with chicken pox right at the start of a 3-week driving vacation down the pacific coast of the US. (we were already in Seattle when we got sick)

Neither of had a severe case and so we didn't really suffer too badly, but it couldn't have been much fun for my poor mom. My clearest memory is going to Disneyland with my Dad when I was 95% better but my little bro was still itching like crazy!

I wonder how many people we infected on that cross-country flight in particular? Betting it was quite a few since we were no doubt contagious and this was many years prior to any vaccines.

🙁
 
SaltyNuts said:
And we are scheduled to fly to a Caribbean island Saturday morning. He's past the fever feeling bad part, but now the bumps have showed up. We can still fly correct? He doesn't have a ton, so I bet no one even notices. And if someone asks I'll just say they are mosquito bites lol. He got vaccinated like 1.5 years ago as well, weird he still got it. Maybe that's why there are bumps, but not a ton of them?
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if he has bumps starting then he is contagious. Those bumps form pustules that spread the disease to the furniture, clothing and bedding.

SaltyNuts said:
No way to push it back unfortunately, we are going with friends, and would not work with work anyways. He feels fine now - the fever came and went, so now its just waiting for the bumps to go away. On the flight I'll just make sure he sits in a window seat away from others as much as possible. But unless they tell me we can't board FUK IT, we are going. You only live once and I'm not going to lose my vacation because some other parents didn't keep THEIR shorty out of school and away from the public when that shorty had the chicken pox...
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nice attitude! the same one that brought us the covid pandemic. I am glad I don't live anywhere near you.
 
jpiniero said:
There's a vaccine.
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Of course there is...and we'd expect that folks who CAN have the vaccine have done it...right? Kind of like the WuFlu vaccines...however, as pointed out above, pregnant women can't be vaccinated in a way to protect their precious little parasite.
 
BoomerD said:
Of course there is...and we'd expect that folks who CAN have the vaccine have done it...right? Kind of like the WuFlu vaccines...however, as pointed out above, pregnant women can't be vaccinated in a way to protect their precious little parasite.
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Also you can have covid but not even know it, I would hope most people KNOWING they have a virus aren't going to willing go out and spread it.
 
Iron Woode said:
if he has bumps starting then he is contagious. Those bumps form pustules that spread the disease to the furniture, clothing and bedding.
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Anyone know who he is or where this a$$-clown lives? 😡

Maybe somebody can tip off the airline... after Covid $hit like this SHOULD result in getting locked up.
 
BoomerD said:
Of course there is...and we'd expect that folks who CAN have the vaccine have done it...right? Kind of like the WuFlu vaccines...however, as pointed out above, pregnant women can't be vaccinated in a way to protect their precious little parasite.
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I seriously find usage of that term in this context revolting and offensive, never mind also wrong most of the time. The latter part of my statement is because young labor is taxable labor that the state needs.....
 
Might be helpful ....

www.cdc.gov

Chickenpox Transmission

Chickenpox spreads easily.
www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov

A person with chickenpox is considered contagious beginning 1 to 2 days before rash onset until all the chickenpox lesions have crusted (scabbed). Vaccinated people who get chickenpox may develop lesions that do not crust. These people are considered contagious until no new lesions have appeared for 24 hours.
 
I would not chance that. Hopefully you got cancellation insurance. You basically have 1 day to cancel at this point so it's kind of cutting it close... it does suck but I would not bring a contagious kid on a plane.

You can always leave him behind if you know someone willing to take him in.

If you can manage to see a doctor (tomorrow and Friday is basically your last chance I guess) then you can always get some confirmation whether or not he'd be safe to go, but I would not chance it unless a doctor says so.
 
hi. Travel Insurace guy here (medical).

No, your kid cannot get on the flight.

speak to the airline and tell them he's got it - they will likely change tickets for free. do the same for the hotels.
 
Not sure if the OP is really this shitty and selfish, or it's just a troll post.

If the former, hopefully they're caught by the airline or the country they're going to and get sent back.
 
UPDATE.

My girl knows some people in the medical field. She showed one a picture and they said they think its "Roseola". I'm googling it. Looks not as bad as chicken pox? The kid actually has a doctor's appoint later today, not scheduled because of this but just by struck of luck it was a regularly scheduled check-up. We'll see what the doctor says. But I told my girl to NOT tell the doctor we are about to fly on a trip, I didn't want him telling her we should cancel as I didn't want to be violating doctors orders lol.

I'll try and post a pic of the bumps tonight to see what you guys think it is.

To all the non-trolls - thanks for the help.
 
dainthomas said:
Not sure if the OP is really this shitty and selfish, or it's just a troll post.

If the former, hopefully they're caught by the airline or the country they're going to and get sent back.
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Take a gander at every other thread created by SaltyNuts, and revel in the salty nuttiness of it all 😀
 
roseola doesn't look anything like chickenpox.

why not take the kid to the doctor to be sure?

I am not sure if OP is trolling us or not.
 
":roseola doesn't look anything like chickenpox "


I googled - agree. He definitely has little red dots that look like mosquito bites, NOT the pictures that showed up when I googled roseola. Anyways, the doc should know for sure.
 
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