To think sometimes you have no choice but to leave the house with a chickenpox child?

[StopTheSundayBlues]

What do you do if you have no friends or family to help out and you have more than one child?

Be confined to the house for over 2 weeks as one gets it after the other?

By no friends and family, I mean literally no one.

What if you need to go to the shop to feed your bloody children?

I know why chickenpox is so horrifically dangerous. But honestly, some people have no real choice but to leave the house, do they?

Internet home delivery shopping??? Amazon delivery??

I agree. In an ideal world we'd stay in permanently, and with a bit of planning you can stay in almost all the time but yes, we still went out occasionally.

Online shopping

Xuli Exactly. There are so many factors people don't consider for others before they start screaming about how selfish and unfair some people are

Can you give an example of a factor which is more important than not causing someone’s death?

We had to drive home from the Lakes - a nine hour journey with spots developing as we drove. They needed the lavatory and food. You just have to be as careful as possible.

It is selfish my ds was in hospital for five days with chicken pox. Just get food etc delivered.

Well most people do. Its good to take precautions of course and minimise exposure but life does go on. Around here poxy child is usually deposited in a buggy with the rain cover on and - for example - lurk in the corner of the playground at school pick up time.

On here however people do tend to feel you should be boarded up in your house and a red cross painted on the door.

Of course you occasionally need to go out and... Breaking news... It's fine!! Only on mumsnet are we told to stay in solitary confinement for 2 weeks.

Can you give an example of a factor which is more important than not causing someone’s death?

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It's very hard but if you need to go out, take appropriate precautions. Kid in a buggy if possible. Lots of hand sanitizer. Coughs and sneezes into hands etc, avoid public transport where possible. There's taking them to the shop and then there's letting them run around touching everything and everyone while coughing and sneezing all over everyone. A member of my immediate family is severely immuno-compromised and has never had chicken pox, it could genuinely kill her, so I feel very strongly about taking care as much as possible when your child is in the contagious stages of CP. No, I don't think total house arrest is practical, but there are sensible precautions you can take.

If chickenpox is so bad why doesn't the UK government vaccinate against it? I paid for both my dc to have it, I knew when we returned to Aus they'd need it for school admission.

I think whenever you're sick you should avoid passing it on but CP is so bloody preventable that i get annoyed by it.

It’s about time the nhs vaccinated for chickenpox. It can have nasty complications for the child and is dangerous for many other people to catch.

What Jackshouse said

My youngest is on day 7 of chicken pox.

He’s in reception and had last week off school. He won’t be going back until he’s better but school were funny today.

He’s four. I have been vigilant in ensuring we don’t pass it on to anyone.

We had similar Cherry 23 days after ds1 had chickenpox, ds2 seemed fine so we took our planned trip to London. On the Friday, day 24, probably infected thousands in the Natural History Museum and tube. On day 25 first spots appeared. Day 26 we had to drive home 300 miles. Bank holiday weekend, everywhere heaving, we managed to find a remote corner of a country park nr Leicester to stop and eat sandwiches. Luckily ds2 in nappies so didnt need loo.

Online shopping doesn't help take older dc to school

It's best to avoid and keep away from people and stay at the other side of the playground but realistically what are you supposed to do?

Not everyone can afford to do 'online shopping'. Some people have to be extremely careful with their shop and play it by ear, etc etc.

What if you run out of formula and need more, for whatever reason? What if you need more food but can't afford the minimum spend to get more?

People really are ridiculous on MN sometimes.

For what it's worth, my own DS is vaccinated against it so hopefully won't get it, ever. I don't see why more people don't get it done... It may not always be life threatening but it's bloody uncomfortable and I still have a few scars from mine when I was a little girl.

Why is chicken pox particularly dangerous?
Aren't all the illnesses equally dangerous to someone with compromised immunity?
We are often carriers or contagious/infectious before we realise it.

Vaccination isn't given in the U.K. as there's evidence that those who've had the vaccine are more likely to have shingles.

It also would need to be added to the vaccination schedule with mri and others so it was felt that parents would be put off as it's so many vaccinations at once. There's a danger parents will push back and not have any vaccinations which would be dangerous (current anti vax movement is really worrying).

Vaccination isn't given in the U.K. as there's evidence that those who've had the vaccine are more likely to have shingles.

It also would need to be added to the vaccination schedule with mri and others so it was felt that parents would be put off as it's so many vaccinations at once. There's a danger parents will push back and not have any vaccinations which would be dangerous (current anti vax movement is really worrying).

m0ther Do you have any sources to back up the more likely to get shingles claim?

A little child in our village died from chicken pox so I would always do my utmost not to spread the infection. Unfortunately, most people have it pegged as a minor disease.

m0ther there is a shingles vaccination, my DP both just had it.

Single parent here - no family. Ok when dd1 had it. Could leave her in the car, but Had to take dd1 to school when dd2 had it. Used buggy for the first time in over a year etc but couldn't stay at home completely.

According to the nhs site you are contagious from 2 days becore spots appear until they have crusted over which usually takes about 5 days making a total of 7 days approx. So chances are you have infected somebody before you even know you have it. Of course you shouldn't go out if unnecessary but occasionally it really cant be avoided.