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Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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Lilofan

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GoofGoof said:
Doesn‘t work when a large portion of the unvaccinated don’t believe most of those people actually died from Covid. That’s why our only choice is to stop talking about it and debating that nonsense and just make them get vaccinated to work and interact in public and be part of society. End of story, end of discussion. They can spend as much time as they want complaining about the requirements or debating the validity of studies or death numbers or anything else they please…right after they are done getting the shot.👍
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That's why I support some companies policy of a condition of employment is to get vaccinated. To heck with your liberties, there is a pandemic of the unvaccinated on the loose.
 
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hopemax

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Patcheslee said:
The main thing I keep hearing people say around me is Delta is as contagious as chicken pox before we had the vaccine for it. I really don't have a good perception of that even though I'm 41 and we didn't have the vaccine. I just remember getting stuck in the same room with both my brothers who had em and mom annoyed I didn't catch em. So for those that have experienced chicken pox, would you say the contagion is similar? Just being in the room is enough?
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We had it go through my school when I was in 5th grade. I hadn't had it yet, and there were 2 other people in my class than hadn't gotten it yet. We all got it. A week later, my neighborhood friends in 2nd grade got it. I remember being annoyed that I got it first, because I couldn't see anyone, and over spring break, but they all got hang out together and miss school. The other girl in my grade that got it when I did, got a pretty bad case and she was out several weeks.
 
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The Mom

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disneygeek90 said:
When was the chicken pox vaccine regularly available? I have some nice home videos of both myself and my younger brother infected. I believe I gave it to him 😆
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It was developed in the late 1970s, but was not widely available until 1984. And was not routinely given until the late 1980s.

Late enough that it wasn't available for my daughter (who got it at age 4 after a casual exposure - a few weeks after spending the day with a friend who had it without catching it) but it was available for her little brother.

I had it when I was around 7. My best friend caught it when she was 17, and had a much tougher time with it. There was a good reason for parents to want their children to get when they were between 2-12.
 
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willtravel

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I'm old enough that the vaccine was not available until I was older. None of my friends had the vaccine. After 2 adult friends developed chicken pox and were hospitalized I decided vaccines were my best choice. I really cannot think of any of my friends my age who did not develop it. It ran through groups big in grade school and even middle school. Just what everyone had. I am young enough that MMR made mumps not common in my friends.

Of course doctors have no clue what to do yet for vaccinated with chicken pox and shingles. Some say get shingles vaccine and others say boosters of chicken pox. Some say do nothing. Ugh. Lol
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I know of 2 people who got shingles in a eye. One my sister another a friend.
 
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DisneyDebRob

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willtravel said:
I know of 2 people who got shingles in there eyes. One my sister another a friend.
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That hurts just reading it.
My mom had shingles so bad she was in bed for a few months and it took like 6-8 months to just die down. I got the shingles shot this year and my doctor recommends it to anyone of age for it. It’s not fun. You would wish you had chicken pox again compared to that.
 
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willtravel

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DisneyDebRob said:
That hurts just reading it.
My mom had shingles so bad she was in bed for a few months and it took like 6-8 months to just die down. I got the shingles shot this year and my doctor recommends it to anyone of age for it. It’s not fun. You would wish you had chicken pox again compared to that.
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yes, 50 yo and older.
 
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disneygeek90

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The Mom said:
It was developed in the late 1970s, but was not widely available until 1984. And was not routinely given until the late 1980s.

Late enough that it wasn't available for my daughter (who got it at age 4 after a casual exposure - a few weeks after spending the day with a friend who had it without catching it) but it was available for her little brother.

I had it when I was around 7. My best friend caught it when she was 17, and had a much tougher time with it. There was a good reason for parents to want their children to get when they were between 2-12.
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Interesting, I don’t remember anyone really getting the vaccine in the mid 90s. I think I got infected around 7 as well, and my brother at 4 or 5. I definitely remember people being thankful for getting it earlier rather than later.

I still have a couple scars near my eye from them, but I’ve grown kind of fond of them now.
 
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Dreaming of Disney World

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The Mom said:
It was developed in the late 1970s, but was not widely available until 1984. And was not routinely given until the late 1980s.

Late enough that it wasn't available for my daughter (who got it at age 4 after a casual exposure - a few weeks after spending the day with a friend who had it without catching it) but it was available for her little brother.

I had it when I was around 7. My best friend caught it when she was 17, and had a much tougher time with it. There was a good reason for parents to want their children to get when they were between 2-12.
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That's interesting. My brother and I weren't offered that vaccine as children. We both got chicken pox in 1992. I woke up with them on my 7th birthday. My brother was 3 and got them first, then passed them to me. I remember learning about the vaccine when I was a little older.
 
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correcaminos

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The Mom said:
It was developed in the late 1970s, but was not widely available until 1984. And was not routinely given until the late 1980s.

Late enough that it wasn't available for my daughter (who got it at age 4 after a casual exposure - a few weeks after spending the day with a friend who had it without catching it) but it was available for her little brother.

I had it when I was around 7. My best friend caught it when she was 17, and had a much tougher time with it. There was a good reason for parents to want their children to get when they were between 2-12.
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In the US it became available in 1995. I only know that because I was legally an adult who struggled for 4-5 years to get someone to vaccinate me.
"Chickenpox vaccine became available in the United States in 1995. Each year, more than 3.5 million cases of chickenpox, 9,000 hospitalizations, and 100 deaths are prevented by chickenpox vaccination in the United States."

Chickenpox Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know | CDC

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Learn more about what everyone should know about vaccination.
www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov

I was vaccinated as an adult with this one. Prior to that I had no options. Every year that passed I worried more about catching it. There is no way I'd willingly let my kid catch it now. He was vaxxed in part to protect me.
 
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willtravel

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helenabear said:
I'm old enough that the vaccine was not available until I was older. None of my friends had the vaccine. After 2 adult friends developed chicken pox and were hospitalized I decided vaccines were my best choice. I really cannot think of any of my friends my age who did not develop it. It ran through groups big in grade school and even middle school. Just what everyone had. I am young enough that MMR made mumps not common in my friends.

Of course doctors have no clue what to do yet for vaccinated with chicken pox and shingles. Some say get shingles vaccine and others say boosters of chicken pox. Some say do nothing. Ugh. Lol
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I can remember my mom putting socks on our hands so we could not itch. My sister has a scar on the tip of her nose. Sock didn't work to well.
 
correcaminos

correcaminos

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willtravel said:
I can remember my mom putting socks on our hands so we could not itch. My sister has a scar on the tip of her nose. Sock didn't work to well.
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This is something I really never had a clue with. I don't even itch with mosquitos to understand the feeling. It sounds utterly miserable to me! You have my total sympathy! Though reminds me of what parents do to infants to not scratch themselves with the mitts.

As I aged I really worried about catching it. My friends when 18-20 who got it and were bad off really pushed me to find someone to vaccinate me. It was a struggle.
 
draybook

draybook

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Just got my shot up here at Walgreens and I'm feeling a little funny...
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