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Your child should not go to school if he or she has chickenpox. Chickenpox is extremely contagious and is spread by droplet, meaning your child can spread chickenpox by coughing on someone or someone coming in contact with the fluid from your child's skin lesions. Your child is usually contagious from 48 hours prior to the skin outbreak until all of the lesions have fully crusted over.
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