How ill over Christmas before you uninvite yourself?

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How ill do you think you can get away with and still go to christmas at a family members house?

Flu sure stay at home, same with covid. But what if its a cold. Or chickenpox?

@oakleaffy Do you know anyone who has managed to evade chickenpox? It's highly infectious and you are infectious before the spots appear. When it enters a school - as it did our child's school later that year - the whole class gets it.

Better for children to get it young than their children bring it back from school and give it to them when adult.

In my family, we would absolutely cancel for non-scabbed over chickenpox, but flu, COVID or a cold wouldn’t be a reason to cancel (unless we felt too ill to travel) - several family members are CV, but we’ve been carrying on as normal since being vaccinated.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Christmas gathering where nobody was ill!

I didn't know if attitudes have changed post Covid or if my family are particularly relaxed, but DH once slept in the chair all day at my parents' because he was so ill at Christmas. I don't think it ever occurred to anyone that he shouldn't be there. It would seem very odd now though.

My DH had shingles this autumn ( he had chicken pox as a child) and it was so painful.. He didn’t even have a bad case, just a few scabs on his arm.

We’re both planning to get the vaccine next year, it’s worth paying for!

I think chicken pox and strep are the only things I'd fully isolate over.

If you don't feel well enough to get dressed and chat all day and play then don't go.
If someone would barely even notice you were ill, then go.
Somewhere in between then ask.

Never ever go anywhere until chicken pox are 100% crusted. DS is getting his van soon bc I can't be doing with it.

Chickenpox depends on the people visiting. If not immunosuppressed and if all have previously had then fine - would be fine for us as all have had it and it tops up the immunity to shingles.

Vs & Ds = no way

Cold, including Covid, maybe once all are on the mend afterwards and no more temperature for 48h. Fine if in the lingering cough stage. Toddler with snotty nose but otherwise well- would definitely ignore because they always have one and the people inviting us know full well that toddler always has bugs and if they don't currently have one they're probably brewing it...

I'd probably go with whatever I've got at the moment as it is not causing anything beyond snoring! So I'm less likely to be shedding much as I'm not coughing or sneezing.

Ahh, the selective and misleading quote to justify your post🙄 Seems like you're on your own in not understanding the visiting vulnerable relatives bit.

COVID or flu obviously, chicken pox I might brave it if I felt confident kids would be immune (one of mine hasn’t had it and I got it 3 times apparently 🙄 confirmed by GP at the time). I have COVID now and haven’t gone to anything I’ve been invited to. Hasn’t stopped dh’s family rocking up for 5 days and expecting to be entertained and fed though!

Yeah blame me for your ridiculous comment 🙄 😴

Anything that is contagious, stay home.

Why on earth would you inflict potential illness on people you claim to love?

We host we wouldn't not let anyone come, I would probably be the opposite if we were going to someone's house and ask if it was ok regardless of what illness we had.

Last year my teen niece was unwell came along and by dinner I mentioned go do a COVID test so we knew, it was positive we expected us all to get it but thankfully only her and her brother who was asymptomatic caught it. I don't think I would have said no to them coming but might have had more windows open etc

We have no vulnerable or elderly people who come over. Would be different if we did.