Ep 76 Chickenpox: There's always a 'but'
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The Role of Aerosol in Chickenpox Rashes
With an attack rate that's so high, I would guess that it's probably pretty well airborne. So this is not only a respiratory pathogen, but it can also be transmitted by direct contact. The rash starts for anyone who hasn't experienced this starts as very, very itchy red flat patches and then these patches become raised or get little bumps within them. And then those little bumps develop into small, fluid filled vesicles, tiny little blisters. Those chickenpox parties that people used to have, those are probably pretty effective at spreading disease. Oh, yes. Not a good idea. Let's talk about why.
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