I know several people who had to delay or avoid certain vaccinations - and chickenpox vaccinations aren't readily available here or in Ireland, which is why my family spent last Christmas in almost total isolation even though we had no symptoms, in case we were infectious and might expose the pregnant woman, the elderly man living with his very very elderly mother-in-law, the young nun (70) who cares for the older nuns, the immunocopromised cousin... We went home to Ireland for Christmas at considerable cost and we didn't get to see anyone except my own mother. I considered that *minimum* responsibility, and I did a lot of reading around infectious times, too, before boarding the plane, because people travel on planes even if they aren't me. *And none of us got it at all*.
I've had it three times, though, so perhaps that's my limit.
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Date: 2009-11-01 10:02 pm (UTC)I know several people who had to delay or avoid certain vaccinations - and chickenpox vaccinations aren't readily available here or in Ireland, which is why my family spent last Christmas in almost total isolation even though we had no symptoms, in case we were infectious and might expose the pregnant woman, the elderly man living with his very very elderly mother-in-law, the young nun (70) who cares for the older nuns, the immunocopromised cousin... We went home to Ireland for Christmas at considerable cost and we didn't get to see anyone except my own mother. I considered that *minimum* responsibility, and I did a lot of reading around infectious times, too, before boarding the plane, because people travel on planes even if they aren't me. *And none of us got it at all*.
I've had it three times, though, so perhaps that's my limit.