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WIBU to take DS out and about - chickenpox related

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SambucusEbulus · 11/08/2025 21:16

DS has stupidly not been vaccinated for chickenpox and has never had it, to my knowledge. Two weeks ago, he shared a tent for five days with a boy who broke out in chickenpox spots the evening they came home.

DS hasn't got it...yet. We've been staying home since.
There's an event he really really wants to go to that would be happening on day 18 after his last contact with that boy. It's a family event, so lots of other kids and their parents.

Would it be really irresponsible to take him to the event, presuming he doesn't show symptoms in between times?

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 11/08/2025 23:04

modgepodge · 11/08/2025 22:45

It is being added to the NHS schedule for all young children starting in January next year.

if I had had to take a single day off to look after my child(ren) with chicken pox I’d lose more than the £150 it cost to vaccinate so I thought it financially worthwhile. Also I probably have a skewed view as an ex-colleague of mine had months off work when his daughter developed some sort of heart problem as a complication of chicken pox and very nearly died.

Most countries have been routinely vaccinating against it for 20+ years, the UK is very late to the party.

That’s so good that it’s being added!

I paid for DC2 to be vaccinated because DC1 had it really badly and I couldn’t face going through that with another child (and more importantly the child going through it!). Also I was self employed at the time, as was my then H (father of both), so it was very costly to have a child off nursery for a week. This was many years ago.

It’s great to know that it’s being added now!

AppleCiderVinegarTheSecond · 12/08/2025 09:46

For those in the UK, it’s really very easy to get vaccinated. Just apply and pay on the Boots or Suuperdry website. 2 doses, about 6 weeks apart. DD was 7 and still had never had it, despite being exposed on many occasions. I thought it was best to get her done.

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