Chicken pox on a plane

[parmavioletmartini]

I kind of know I'm not being unreasonable but I am unbelievably shocked.

A friend is on holiday with her toddler and she has developed chicken pox. Diagnosed yesterday and they are still going to fly back on Saturday. I had assumed that there was no way an airline would let you fly.

Having had a mother who traveled back and forth from Spain between rounds of chemotherapy I find it appalling. When I mentioned this to her she said that's the risk you take when you travel!

I know it's intrinsically none of my business, but I feel she's potentially putting lives at risk. But AIBU to feel annoyed.

Sadly OP, I can.
People are selfish fuckers. And I'm not prone to that kind of language.

It's like the 'I'm sending my child into nursery even though the child is really ill and needs to be at home in bed, because my job is very very very important and far more important than anyone else's' brigade.

Only a zillion times worse.

Make your distance - she's a selfish twat who will put her own self interest above that if others or her own flesh and blood

Selfish cow selfish inconsiderate..
I'd wipe her from my life.

Wow how stupid can someone be? She is willingly potentially risking young babies/pregnant ladies life's! What a joke of a human being

As people have mentioned airlines are very vigilant when it comes to CP. We flew with DC2 and the scabs had started to come off and fade, well and truly past the infectious stage but they still pulled us over and asked us about it. I know others who have had the same.

What a very selfish woman!

Do you know how long the flight was, OP?

She must be so pleased with herself! Moron.

If you think about it CP is normally spread before all the sores and skins marks arrive. So there are probably quite a few who fly and don't know they have CP or some other bug. Airplanes are worst for catching bugs, as you're all just breathing in that same oxygen. I think if another adult/child had low immunity or had just had chemo, then yes it would always be safer for them to wear a mask, because no spots means they are contagious. I'm sure many disagree with me.

True about pregnant women too. Makes you think it's always best to wear a mask with all that uncertainty, but then again I'm not sure everyone could do that. It's not fun for sure but I think we are exposed to more bugs than we know because like the fly it's spread before most the symptoms.

Like the *flu I mean it's spread before we have symptoms.

OP - id clearly state my view again then either get off the group (can you set up a separate one) or ignore her completely. I say this is someone who finds making friends very hard. I have no personal circumstances or experience of CP causing problems but I know it can and I wouldn't want to be in touch at all.

Oh ffs.

A friend's DS caught chick pox even abroad. Insurance paid for extra accommodation and later flights for the child and one parent. The other parent and grandparents who were with them flew home as planned. They were in a nice location and so you'd think an extended holiday would be ok. Not when your toddler has pox in a wide variety of painful places, there is no kiddy telly, slow wifi and obviously you can't go out in public because of contagion risk. They ended up doing the odd walk in the beach late at night for air.

But you know what. The parents will be unrepentant because they will say it was fine - because they will not see the consequences of people getting ill on a fortnight. Yes travelling carries germ tisks, yes there may be contagious carriers who haven't broken into spots yet but that in no way excuses knowingly putting those germs into circulation for an entire flight to catch.

Wish I hadn't read this. Flying home tomorrow, ds is on mega dose antibiotics (for something completely non contagious obviously) and dr said holiday would be fine, 3rd week of medicine, but I've been here before. When he's finally getting better he gets "some spotty virus" they won't call it chicken pox after the 2nd time. Without fail there's a parent at school saying oh yes wee jimmy had that but none on his face so i sent him in.

Would she have flown if she had chicken pox do you think?!

Unfortunately Micheal Jackson ruined masks on children for everyone < sarcasm

i flew when I had chicken pox :( I'd thought it was an allergic reaction as i just had some around my face and then after I got back they were all over my body.
Anyway as I'd thought it was an allergic reaction I made no attempt to cover them and I wasn't stopped or anything by air staff so obviously they don't always.
I think that whilst it's not vaccinated against and people have pox parties the danger of it won't be recognised and people line the op's friend will see it as Like travelling with a cold