To hunt down these bastards who exposed my son to chicken pox

Children should get chickenpox at a very young age or not at all! Letting a grown child with CP run around and contaminate other (older) children is totally irresponsible. Our own pediatrician is in favor of "aiding" contamination in young children : the younger they get it the better and if very young it's not worse than a cold. But grown children (and adults who've not had it) should be vaccinated to not be infected by younger siblings e.o.

I thought you were supposed to vaccinate kids who hadn't had it by that age

We don't have chicken pox vaccinated against as part of the vaccine schedule in the UK.
But you can get a vaccine.
Chicken pox isn't seen as an illness you should keep away from others because the NHS advice is try and catch it early so you don't have a rough time as an adult.
So this family didn't keep their kid at home which to be fair isn't the worst thing in the world when the advice is basically catch it if you can.
I think it should be in the regular vaccine schedule. They only don't because of the cost. And the fact that chicken pox "only" kills a few kids a year. Our government sucks.
If your kid reaches 8 or 9 without having had chicken pox, you'll be saving them from a potentially really rough time by paying for the vaccine.
If you're even more sensible, you'd pay for it when they are a baby.

WRONG!! It is 150 pounds for 2 doses. Why are you lying?

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Yes the pox party people should spare a thought for adults especially! My daughter caught it from kids at her children's nursery and was severely ill,in hospital for a week. I got it at 16 and had to stay off work for a week. So ill.

Exactly this

Oh my goodness, l’ve heard it all now! You are joking, surely!

Very irresponsible. Dangerous to some people who have not had chicken pox.
Can be nasty for adults with no acquired immunity. Especially bad for pregnant women who have not had CPox and people with reduced immunity- chronic illness and cancers.
Highly infectious until all spots are fully scabbed. Normally 7-10 days.
Needs to be taken seriously.

It is not unreasonable to be angry, but be careful about how you do this. Remember, you will do your son more good at home than in prison.

You don’t have to be playing, sat next to a child to be exposed! That’s the whole point it’s that contagious.If you know your child has chicken pox, you are supposed to isolate.
I thought that was just common sense, but obviously not.

The UK is one of the only countries in the developed world where they don't vaccinate against chicken pox as part of the standard schedule. The US, most of Europe and even South Africa have it on their schedule. Most countries only have 1 dose as its over 80% effective/- in the UK with the horrible virus still floating about you generally need two.. I had my older one vaccinated but unfortunately my 9 month old got it and was incredibly ill.. it's really dangerous for babies anc pregnant women .. was very angry too.. so sorry your son will miss his first weeks OP- that's really hard on you both !

I caught it at 16 from my brother. He had 2 spots I nearly died I was so ill. Hopefully he will be uncomfortable dor a week and make friends when he goes back to school. If you know any young children who haven't had it invite them round. I went to loads of chicken pox parties as a child and never caught it until I was q6. I can still remember how dreadful I felt.

This!

I hope your son feels better soon, and I'm sure he'll settle in quickly and make friends!

but many people choose to pay privately for it.

They really really don't. 90% of children don't have the vaccine.

It will be over and forgotten soon.
He will make friends and you will forget all about it.

My DS was born overseas and routinely vaccinated against chicken pox. We moved back to the UK when he was 8 and less than a year later he developed chicken pox. An anecdote is not a statistic but I don’t think breakthrough infections are that rare

I hope your son is better soon OP.
I'd be fuming too.

It isn't offered as part of the standard UK childrens vaccinations, but many people choose to pay privately for it. It costs about £150 for 2 doses a few weeks apart.

He will be fine, he will catch up and make friends the second week. Not good being exposed to chicken pox but some parents are irresponsible

I feel sorry for your son but most children get it much younger, so I'm surprised he hasn't had it up till now. 11 is still quite young & it's often much worse the older you are when you get it, so you could look at it as better now than when older. I had a friend who got it at 16 & my exh got it in his 40's & both had it really badly & were very ill. I hope your son recovers quickly & can settle into school when he finally goes but I can seecwhy he's upset about it.

Is this in the UK? I don't remember either of mine having the vaccine for chicken pox (I am in the UK). They are 100% up to date with their vaccinations. It's not relevant, I'm just curious.
It was very selfish of that family to knowingly take their child out socially whilst they have chicken pox. However, it's probably best they get it now. Chicken pox is worse the older you get. Really terrible timing with high school. Great that their tutor has been so helpful and understanding. Hope they settle in well when they get back, I'm sure they will.

You could have least filtered the OP's replies.

I'll leave you to do so.

I feel for you. Many, many years ago my DS attended playschool and another parent brought in a child who had whooping cough without telling anyone. This was during a scare that whooping cough vaccine could cause fits (I think) and my DS had not had the vaccine because we were not sure that his grandmother did not have a form of epilepsy (our doctor told us to check before we even thought of a vaccine). Long story short, MiL fits revealed as hysteria, so DS booked in for the vaccine along with my then 11-week-old DD. My DS caught whooping cough and gave it to my baby DD. Both were only mildly ill so we were lucky, but I was so angry. Another parent had assumed it was ok to leave her DC to infect other children at playschool without a thought that some of them (very likely) had younger DBs or DS who could be seriously ill and perhaps die from contracting whooping cough because they were too young to be vaccinated (vaccine was given at 12 weeks).
Stupid parents to do such a thing. How do they know their infectious child won't meet a child who is immune compromised and relying on herd immunity, that someone has a small baby who could be very ill?
I'd want to murder them - I certainly would have given the (unknown to me) parent a sharp piece of my mind had I been able to.

Well he was likely to have to catch it at some point then. Better now.than during exam time or as an adult when the infection can be much more serious. Best to get it out of the way while he’s young.

I has it as an adult at 27, it was horrendous. It was 6 weeks before my wedding and I thought I would have to cancel it. They were in my hair ( I had thick long hair at the time) I was covered, you couldn’t put a pin between them, the spots were painful as well as itchy. I cannot bear the smell of calomine lotion now!

The only plus side was I did lose half a stone as they were all down my throat …. I existed on ready break and Ribena for two weeks…..