[Magdalen] Chicken pox

[Jay Weigel]

I feel exactly the same about anti-vaxxers.....plus I've seen what can
happen when chicken pox gets loose on a unit full of cancer patients and
other immunosuppressed folks. It ain't pretty!


On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, well, I feel the same way about anti-vaxxers, Susan, and I've tried
> many times over the years to change my son's mind. This is the first
> "childhood disease" any of the kids have gotten--we're talking five kids
> over 23 years, so I know he has felt vindicated.
>
> My sister-in-law asked if it's possible to be contagious before the rash
> breaks out, so I checked, and it is--for up to 48 hours. They're all
> supposed to get together with my ex-husband tomorrow, and I think she's
> wondering if they should. And, of course, she's only heard about this from
> me--they haven't told her yet.
> She and my ex have both had chicken pox, and she's had shingles three
> times, so I don't think they're really at risk. He has Parkinson's, though,
> and I don't know if that puts him more at risk.
>
> > On Dec 26, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh hell, adults can get very ill from chicken pox.  I have no patience
> > with anti-vaxxers.  Rant away Grace.
> > Susan
> >
> >> On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Well, it's happened, as I have feared. My son has refused to have any
> of his kids vaccinated for anything, and the 13 yo is in the fourth day of
> chicken pox, which means there are at least four and possibly five kids to
> go.
> >> Their adopted son and two little foster boys have all been vaccinated,
> thanks to Social Services.
> >> I'm trying not to be too angry, because it's really not my business,
> but I'm not being too successful. I do think, however, that I'm going to
> suggest to my married granddaughter that, if she escapes this time, it
> would be a good idea to get vaccinated.
> >> When I had shingles a few years ago, I stayed away from the kids so
> they wouldn't get chicken pox. I told my son why I wasn't coming to bring
> something I had for them. He said I should have come, because it would have
> been good for them to have chicken pox while they were young. (And, of
> course, before the vaccine, that was what we all thought, and chicken pox
> tended to sweep through nursery schools every spring.)
> >> But I explained about the possibility of shingles in later life and the
> fact that I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
> >> Didn't have any effect, though...
> >> Sorry, end of what I guess is a rant.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> > you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> > land of Egypt.
> > Leviticus 19:34
>