NYTA

On my TLV-LTN flight now a family boarded with a toddler showing a full face of chicken pox. The FA rightly told them they couldn't fly and so they deplaned although not until everyone else including a bunch of other kids had boarded. I was shocked they even tried to fly. Anyone else seen anything like this?

etch5895

Nothing quite so blatant, but it does beg the question whether or not the airline would re-accomodate them on a later flight without charge, or if they would be stuck eating the non-refundable airfare. The latter may have been part of their motivation to attempt to fly, horrible as the idea was.

boss315

Ain't no cure for stoooooopid!

iff

The issue has come up a few times:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/searc...rchid=20985725

HMO

I never had chickenpox, and I'll be very upset if I get it at my 40's because a no considerate or even selfish person

Mr. Vker

Can you get the vaccine now?

etch5895

This may be an old wives tale, but I've heard it is actually dangerous to get either the disease or the vaccine as an adult.

zipo

I never heard of anything so crazy before, but im definitely not surprised.
I wonder how they work out the tickets? If they didn't have insurance, do they get anything back? before booking a ticket, it never says you can't have chicken pox

Mr. Vker

I wasn't sure. Not surprised to hear this. That virus behave strangely in adults.

Crandall

There is a vaccine for chicken pox. Which would be ideal as then you would also be protected from getting shingles.

CBear

Are you positive it was Chicken Pox?

There's lots and lots and lots of illnesses and rashes (many look just like chicken pox) that little kids get. Not all of them are contagious and most of them are harmless.

I've had to travel with my child while he was in the middle of some gnarly looking rash, but I got a letter from the pediatrician with his diagnosis and that it was non communicable.

Never the less, I still got stares that could have killed a person.

Also, many childhood diseases are not contagious anymore after the rash appears. Even just a mild cold can produce a rash that looks very similar to measles in kids.

A bad case of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease might look like chicken pox. Contagious yes, but not nearly as much as chicken pox. By the time the rash shows, the contagious period is almost over by the time the rash appears. Adults can catch it and be contagious without ever knowing that they were contagious.

And unless you are touching the child, coming into contact with it's feces or the child is sneezing on your child, nothing to worry about.

FTcadence

Indeed it has. This link may work better though: mentions of chicken pox on FlyerTalk

iff

Thanks.

FlyingUnderTheRadar

Wives tales …

Mumps are more a of problem for adults, specifically male adults. Chicken Pox symptoms can be worse in adults but the end result is no different.

NYTA

Hmmm. Before posting I searched for "pox" and nothing came up