If Vaccines Were Never Invented... - Page 8

[Deborah]

and it isn't just the vaccine preventable diseases for which parents should keep their children home

for children with serious health problems and immune deficiencies a sickness can be disastrous...even if there isn't a vaccine to prevent it.

[felix23]

Originally Posted by Deborah

and it isn't just the vaccine preventable diseases for which parents should keep their children home

for children with serious health problems and immune deficiencies a sickness can be disastrous...even if there isn't a vaccine to prevent it.

ITA If your child is sick, then keep them at home.

Originally Posted by WC_hapamama

A lot of people, not just at MDC, have a tendency to forget that while most VPDs and minor illnesses are just a nuisance to them, that it may be a seriously life-threatening thing for other people. It's not that people are necessarily being stupid or malicious on purpose, just at they're not thinking about how their decisions may affect others.

ITA with this too. Especially with things like whooping cough and chicken pox where a child is still contagious, but doesn't act sick. When my dd had WC, she only coughed at night and acted fine during the day. People acted shocked that I was keeping her at home.

[Deborah]

at some point whooping cough ceases to be communicable--anyone know?

So it isn't necessary to keep your child locked up for 100 days

[amnesiac]

About 21 days after cough onset.

[Deborah]

Thank you amnesiac. Glad you managed to remember!