Chickenpox

[RobDownSouth]

Chickenpox roll call.

 

[butters]

due to some oddball thing in my family, i had it 4 times and shingles twice. my youngest had outbreaks of chickenpox spots MANY times, but only a few at a time, till she got a bigger outbreak and must have built up the proper immunities. my eldest had measles just before he was one, the vaccine afterwards, then another full-blown case of measles and all within a 3-month period.

back in the pre-vaccine days, it was encouraged to allow children to mingle with others who had chickenpox - just to get it out the way when they were kids as it's so awful to have it as an adult. that was more than HALF A CENTURY AGO! who on EARTH would want their child to go through it now, knowing the possible complications and links to other shit later in life, when the vaccines exist to prevent it in the high 90's percentile?

 

[RobDownSouth]

due to some oddball thing in my family, i had it 4 times and shingles twice. my youngest had outbreaks of chickenpox spots MANY times, but only a few at a time, till she got a bigger outbreak and must have built up the proper immunities. my eldest had measles just before he was one, the vaccine afterwards, then another full-blown case of measles and all within a 3-month period.

back in the pre-vaccine days, it was encouraged to allow children to mingle with others who had chickenpox - just to get it out the way when they were kids as it's so awful to have it as an adult. that was more than HALF A CENTURY AGO! who on EARTH would want their child to go through it now, knowing the possible complications and links to other shit later in life, when the vaccines exist to prevent it in the high 90's percentile?

That's part of the reason I posted a poll. The governor of Kentucky was bragging about exposing all nine of his kids to chickenpox "just to get it over with" when they were young.

The medical establishment has discouraged that practice since 1995, but old habits die hard, I guess: When Ishmael first contracted syphillis in the early 60s, he insisted on being treated with arsenic and sulfa drugs instead of that new-fangled pennicillin....if it was good enough for his daddy it was good enough for him.

 

[dolf]

One and done for me. I got it at a pic party. They were pretty common at the time, for parents wanting to get it over and done while the kids were in good health.

But, since the transplant killed off her immune system, I worry about my mother being exposed to it. And any other disease. She's fit enough to get around, has enough marbles to go stir crazy, but fear of the unvaccinated stops me taking her out places like I used to.

 

[Tigersman]

I feel sorry for all the kids who are not vaccinated against chicken pox, and the MMR group. Their parents have no idea what can happen to their kids, everything from sterility to blindness.

 

[CandiCame]

When I was a kid apparently they didn't vaccinate for this in my area. I missed it by very little- like 4 or 5 years later they started vaccinating.

So I got it in kindergarten, because I was already sick and my immune system was all fucked up, and I remember being mad as hell. My little brother also got it, and he was a baby, so everyone was all, "Oh shit the baby has chickenpox!" Because it can kill babies.

And I was over there like, "Yeah so I also have chickenpox."

And everybody was like, "Shut up, your brother has chickenpox!"

And I was too little to know that he could literally die and I would just itch and be uncomfortable so I got real pissed off. Like I didn't understand WHY there was such a huge difference in our care. To be fair I have no idea why I didn't understand it, because I know for a fact my gramps sat down with me and explained it to me so all I can think is that I was an entitled little shit, because like... that tracks. That sounds like me.

Also I got in trouble because they gave me this shit, some kind of tincture, and it wasn't like REAL medicine, it was something my granny made out of like plants or someshit, and I was supposed to be constantly slathered in it. So she would slather me down and I would think, "This is fucking gross" and I would wait for them to not be watching me and go into the bathroom and rub it all off. And of course they'd find the towels with that gross shit on it and bitch me out.

But then I got over it, like you do.

I even used her good towels, because they thought they could take the towels and that would keep me from doing it, because I guess they hadn't fucking met me, so I took down the good towels, like the decorative towels and rubbed it off onto that. Also, I remember using ALL the washcloths but I can't remember why. All I can think is that she had to even take away the good towels.

Chickenpox doesn't actually make you sick, it just makes you gross and itchy, so I mostly stayed home and played video games. That's my vague memory of chickenpox. It did pretty much nothing and the cure was worse than the disease. And I was as bitchy and horrible as a kid possibly could be, but no one really did anything about it. I guess they felt sorry for me or something?

I don't think I got it that bad, because I literally did not care that I had it. Something else I don't remember but that I was later told is that they would tell me to go to my room and lay down- at that point I still had both bunks because my brother was so little he slept in the crib, so I would do that for like five minutes, but then they would just find me up and wandering around doing little kid shit and they'd have to put me back in bed. I have no memory of that. Like at all. But also I did STAY sick during this time, so again, that sounds like me. I didn't really register illness. I think a lot of little kids are like that, or at least a lot of them in family are like that, because Bitesize did that when she had the flu and I was all, "What the fuck how are you not like, asleep?" Because I got it a few days later and I was dead for three days.

Kids are so goddamn resilient they just don't give a FUCK. And it's annoying. Because like... I get it, you're bored but also you're sick like go lay the fuck down and watch cartoons.

 

[CandiCame]

BTW, if I ever get shingles I'm gonna be madder than hell. I didn't know that existed until like a year ago when my mom got it. I'm not about this acid flashback bullshit. I get a disease and I'm done with it and my body better fucking respect that.

 

[Sean]

Had it when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure they didn't vaccinate for it in the UK back then. Also had the measles and mumps. Never got rubella, although my sister did.

 

[oggbashan]

Karma...

Some would call it karma. An Italian far-right politician who opposed making some vaccines for children mandatory has contracted chicken pox, according to reports by Italian media.

Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the right-wing League party was hospitalised earlier this month with the highly contagious chicken pox infection, which causes an itchy rash with red fluid-filled blisters.


https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/20...nation-of-children-is-hospitalised-with-chick

They didn't have a vaccine when I was young. I caught it from school.

 

[Rivvie]

I had them around 7-8 years old along with my sister when we were visiting our dad for the summer. They didn’t have the vaccine back then. We had them pretty bad.

Shittiest part is that I had my first bout of shingles around 35. And have had them twice since over five years. Something about stress and poor immune systems bringing them on. And I’m. It eligible for the shingles vaccine at 40.

 

[Wings]

They did not vaccinate against the clucky pox back in the days of my youth. I had it so badly I have scars from it. I distinctly remember how shitty I felt, how deep into my body those sores went. If we ever stumble across one another, I’ll show anyone the scar visible on my forehead.

The moment the vaccination was viable for my kids I got it. I was so worried that they would have it as violently as I did.

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

Had it when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure they didn't vaccinate for it in the UK back then. Also had the measles and mumps. Never got rubella, although my sister did.

Unless you're around 25 the vaccine didn't exist when you were a kid.
I just looked at the wiki cuz curious and it says the UK only does target vaccinations for it.

 

[stickygirl]

Chickenpox isn't a normal vaccination for children in the UK. There are sound medical reasons ( not cost for a change ) and in any case, the immunity doesn't last into adulthood as some other jabs do. Adults who contracted it as a kid can have their immunity topped up by contact with infected children and reduce the risk of shingles.

Go hug a chickenpox kid ( with parental consent )

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

Chickenpox isn't a normal vaccination for children in the UK. There are sound medical reasons ( not cost for a change ) and in any case, the immunity doesn't last into adulthood as some other jabs do. Adults who contracted it as a kid can have their immunity topped up by contact with infected children and reduce the risk of shingles.

Go hug a chickenpox kid ( with parental consent )

The NHS says it's not.



https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-qu...-in-the-uk-not-vaccinated-against-chickenpox/

The chickenpox vaccine is not part of the routine UK childhood vaccination programme because chickenpox is usually a mild illness, particularly in children.

There's also a worry that introducing chickenpox vaccination for all children could increase the risk of chickenpox and shingles in adults.

So when is chickenpox vaccine given?
The chickenpox vaccine is used to immunise people who may pass the infection on to someone who is at risk of serious complications from chickenpox.

The vaccine may be given on the NHS to:

healthcare workers who are not immune to chickenpox
people in close contact with someone who has a weakened immune system

 

[juttjaw]

I got it the week after I had my tonsils removed. That's always seemed fishy. However, my kids all got vaccinated for pox and MMR. I remember my mom making me take an oatmeal bath. I've hated oatmeal ever since.

 

[neci]

i remember the pox. calamine lotion and oatmeal baths for a week.

 

[Wrong Element]

I had both mumps and chicken pox in the same calendar year. The same sister of mine was Typhoid Mary on both occasions, though I was the only other sibling who got mumps.

It ain't gonna kill you but it's not a lot of fun either, so I see no non-stupid reason to not vaccinate your kids for it.

 

[Liar]

Never had it, but honestly can't remember if I was vaccinated or not.

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

I had pox and mumps. Don't remember the pox but I remember the mumps and they sucked.
I got me one of those cool small pox scars, too.

 

[neci]

i remember my mom telling us to be grateful we didn't have it in our lungs.

 

[silver gurl]

Had the pox when I was 12. During Spring break. Itchy as hell. Had the vaccination for MMR

 

[silver gurl]

i remember my mom telling us to be grateful we didn't have it in our lungs.

My cousin had them in her lady parts.

 

[Shagly]

Now if Smallpox never got eradicated from the planet it would control over population.

 

[Luk]

Had them and have a pox mark on my forehead to prove it.

 

[stickygirl]

The NHS says it's not.



https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-qu...-in-the-uk-not-vaccinated-against-chickenpox/

The chickenpox vaccine is not part of the routine UK childhood vaccination programme because chickenpox is usually a mild illness, particularly in children.

There's also a worry that introducing chickenpox vaccination for all children could increase the risk of chickenpox and shingles in adults.

So when is chickenpox vaccine given?
The chickenpox vaccine is used to immunise people who may pass the infection on to someone who is at risk of serious complications from chickenpox.

The vaccine may be given on the NHS to:

healthcare workers who are not immune to chickenpox
people in close contact with someone who has a weakened immune system

Well thank you checking but we're not in disagreement and you've simply cherry picked a couple of exceptions, not the general policy. The general policy is to not vaccinate children ( unless as your quote alludes to, that there may be adults/children whose immune system may be compromised and at risk ) . The general population is not at risk.
It's so nice to agree