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anybody knows what are the common infectious disease in the ER
I stand corrected...when I was a kid there were "chicken pox parties" where your parents would take you over to a sick kids house just to expose you and get it over with...strange huh?
It's actually quite common among the non-vaxing crowd.
My boyfriend comes home with strep throat at least twice a year. Right when he's looking in the kids throat they cough. I never get it from him though....
I stand corrected...when I was a kid there were "chicken pox parties" where your parents would take you over to a sick kids house just to expose you and get it over with...strange huh?
Ya I only just got the vaxine last year before going off to college. Before that my mom exposed me as much as she could. but i just NEVER got it.
AirforceRN, RN
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Shingles is not contagious...you cannot "catch" shingles from close contact with some who has shingles. If you have never had chicken pox (but really...who hasn't had chicken pox?) then you can get chicken pox from someone with shingles.