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Can i go to school if i have scarlet fever? by the way i'm already taking antibiotics
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Once you are on an: antibiotic for 24 hours and are fever-free for 24 hours, you can return to school. The rash may last longer, but you are no longer contagious.
Answered 9/5/2015
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