To be shocked about this?

[Primrosevalley]

My friend just said that they went on a coach trip to wales yesterday with her children. One of which has had chicken pox since Tuesday, so only a few days before. She said she’s not all scabbed over either. To me, I’m quite shocked they would do this, especially as these coach trips tend to have older people on them, maybe babies/pregnant people.

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@Hotdays

There used to be chicken pox parties but it was never socially acceptable to mix with the wider public if children or adults knowingly had it.

Except the risk of side effects are much greater??? Most, not all will have had chickenpox. My one DB was around me and my other DB when we had it ans children. And yet didn’t get it until he was in his 20’s and was really bad. It can cause miscarriage in early pregnancy and infertility men. Quite worrying really

Unless you meet the NHS criteria, you cannot get an NHS shingles jab.

It's available free via the NHS for all adults turning 65, those aged 70 to 79 and those aged 50 and over with a severely weakened immune system.

(Over the next 10 years, the programme will eventually include all those from 60 years of age.)

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/shingles-vaccine

It is a two part vaccination (called "Shingrix") given two to six months apart.

I have had the NHS vaccination. I had chicken pox when I was 2 years old.

More here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/shingles-vaccination-for-adults-aged-70-or-79-years-of-age-a5-leaflet/vaccination-against-shingles-guide-from-september-2023#eligibility-for-the-vaccine

If you want to obtain a private vaccine it is expensive.

Superdrug charges £459 for the two doses.

healthclinics.superdrug.com/services/shingles-vaccination

"The shingles vaccine is suitable for patients aged 50 years and over who have either had chickenpox or have received the chickenpox vaccine in the past.

If you have neither had chickenpox nor the vaccine, you are not at risk of developing shingles and the vaccine won’t be suitable for you. In this case, you could benefit from the chickenpox vaccine.

You will be unable to have the shingles vaccination if you have had one or more episodes of shingles in the last 12 months.

The vaccine is not suitable for you if you are pregnant or trying for a baby. You need to use contraception for at least 4 weeks after having received the vaccine. The vaccine is not advised for breastfeeding women.

The vaccine also won’t be right for you if you have certain medical conditions or are taking certain medications. This may be the case if you are taking medicines that affect your immune system or if you have recently taken medication for herpes.

The nurse or pharmacist will check your medical history and ensure the vaccine is safe and beneficial for you before administering the injection."

Superdrug charges £150 for two doses of the chickenpox vaccine:

https://healthclinics.superdrug.com/services/chickenpox-vaccination

Immunocompromised people?

Selfish bitch. My 8yo is immunosuppressed and this could’ve floored her, or someone like her, or the elderly, pregnant etc.
I hate people.

I've had it twice.

Not everyone had chicken pox and my FIL got shingles when my kid had chicken pox and was poorly with it.

What an absolute selfish bitch she is. Dump her as a friend

Utter rubbish. Older people can contract shingles from this.

You can get chicken pox twice so she put everyone at risk.

Having previously had chicken pox does not confer immunity.

To the vast majority it does though

They certainly do! The latest vaccine is Shingrix and certainly here in Scotland, the criteria has changed. I had mine last year (67), but I am immunocompromised. I had investigated having the old one done privately, but it was horrendously expensive.

I've just looked at our vaccination schedule and it seems that everyone 70 and over and 65, 66 are eligible. 67, 68 and 69 seem to have to wait until they're 70.

I got chicken pox at the grand age of 29, never been so ill in my life.
what can be mild in children can be something all together different in adults.
And don’t even get me started on pregnant women and babies.
That woman needs a serious talking too. 😡

Selfish arsehole

It does in most cases. Those who have a compromised immune system - either through illness or the effects of certain treatments - may not produce a strong enough immune response to confer immunity,

You can’t get shingles from someone with chickenpox. Shingles is the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus in someone who has already had chickenpox - the virus lies dormant. You can, however, get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you’ve never had chickenpox before.

No they cant. You can’t get shingles unless you’ve already had chickenpox. The virus is reactivated after lying dormant in the body. If you’ve had chickenpox you carry the virus and you can only get shingles in later life from reactivation of the virus, not from anyone else’s’ chickenpox.

Nope. You get shingles from having had chickenpox and the virus being reactivated in your system. If you haven’t had chickenpox you can’t get shingles.

Chicken pox is so contagious that everyone on that bus who was unprotected by a vaccination or previous infection would have been infected by the end of the journey. What an extraordinarily selfish thing to do.