Well as my last (and much shorter) post of the night I wanted to point this out.
Taken from -
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/fac ... kenpox.htm
(about Chicken Pox)
"The infectious period lasts from about three days before the rash appears until all the blisters have formed scabs.
The incubation period between being infected with chickenpox until the disease breaks out and symptoms appear is 10 to 20 days."
Thus if a child is to break out in the middle of their vacation, how many other people came in contact with them while they were infectious, but before they were "visably" sick. I mean a child could have a 2 day romp in the parks, be infected with Chicken Pox and spread it around and no one would know. imo this is more dangerous then being visably ill with Chicken Pox (because at least you have a visual warning then). I mean I was probably contagious on my 3-4 hour flight to California and no one knew, becuase I didn't have any symptoms yet. I'd say a flight with someone who's sick is more dangerous than a theme park visit yet no one knew anything on that plane.
Point I'm trying to make is, we all go out in public almost daily, and you never know who you're going to come in contact with that could make you sick (they might not even know they are sick). You could even come across someone with chicken pox who has past the infection period yet feel in greater danger around them than another child who could be contagious with no visable symptoms. It's easy for us to say if you're sick stay home, but it just can't be that simple. Also what may be a sore throat for me, could be a serious cold for others. I can't know how everyone is going to react to a small cough I have.
As they say on commercials up here (and online
http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/). Not all bugs need drugs, wash your hands often to prevent the spread of viruses. If everyone did this, there would be far less instances of people getting sick as often as we do.
Again Churchy this isn't aimed at you or any specific ailments you have. I do know what it's like to be insanely sick for a prolonged period of time (but mine had to do with a misdiagnosis).
I just think it's pretty unrealistic to expect to go to a public place (especially a popular tourist destination) and not expect to be in contact with something contagious. Personally theres a reason I try not to touch handrails or poles in queues or on things such as the monorail. you just never know what's hit them.
This turned into a much longer post than I expected, but I will close in saying it is unfortunate that some of us have weaker and stronger immune systems, and for every one responsible person who will avoid crowded areas when ill, there are hundreds more entering that same place. We also at the same time can't isolate everyone who does get ill especially when it's not something thats serious to a majority of the public. Imagine a world where everyone who caught the common cold had to be isolated. The world would slow down due to the lack of workers in many positions.
I'm not saying what you have to say is wrong in anyway, but I know of a few cases where people need to do what they're doing despite their illness. I know when I first started my ICP program at Disney World I developed a cough, I took drugs and was over it in a few days but I couldn't call in sick. If I did I would have missed my training, and thus I wouldn't have been able to work. As a result I wouldn't have been able to pay my rent. Likely I would have been sent home. There really was no option at the time. All I did was to make sure I washed my hands often (after every cough) to try to avoid spreading it to coworkers and guests.
I do want to say I don't believe either of us are wrong in our opinions, and I also don't think we either can be classified as the ideal solution, it would be nice if there was someway the world could agree on a happy medium for situations like this, and unfortunatly there's way to many cultures and belifes in this world for this to happen. Just because country A adopts some kind of policy that is agreed upon, dosn't mean someone visiting across the world from country B will know and or agree with it.
But thats it for me this evening, since I need to be up for work in the morning.
Oh and while I agree that the happiness of one person or family should not outweigh the health of other people. Can't we agree that the health of other people cannot possibly control everyone else's daily lives? It's impossible to know (sometimes) if someone is sick, and/or if someone has a weaker immune system so we can't always avoid crowded area's if contageous or avoid sickness if we're suspectable.
