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Originally Posted by LaLaLand

Even a common cold can lead to sepsis in some cases, so I’d imagine SF definitely can.

It's a huge risk and why Scarlett Fever as once upon a time a big cause of infant/child mortality (before antibiotics existed). Very manageable with antibiotics as they're very effective against it (it's caused by a strep A infection) but NOT an illness where you can rely on the immune system/try to tackle it without meds, it's really dangerous.

When my eldest had it she was going through a phase of being very anxious about/refusing to take meds of any kind and it was so damn stressful . She was about 8 or 9... we were getting desperate saying "You have to take it, you really have to, you could get really ill and end up in hospital" and being met with "I'd rather do that" . Literally had to tell her she could die and relentlessly hound her to take the damn pill, frantic at 2am. She probably has trauma from it .