This season's flu is no joke - PSA for anyone whose kids have not had a shot yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 yo just had it and it was probably the sickest I've seen him since he was v young, and he had had the shot. I dont know what it would have been like without it. His ped does not do tamiflu but in retrospect i would have pushed for it. One night was esp troublesome.

yes the flu sucks, but it sucks every time (when people actually have it vs some random other illness they call the "flu"). Agree with other posters how this year isn't the best match and it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference

[Anonymous]

I just really wish people kept their sick kids home. I'm so angry at how people have their coughing kids out and about. All 3 of my kids are now sick right before Christmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 yo just had it and it was probably the sickest I've seen him since he was v young, and he had had the shot. I dont know what it would have been like without it. His ped does not do tamiflu but in retrospect i would have pushed for it. One night was esp troublesome.

yes the flu sucks, but it sucks every time (when people actually have it vs some random other illness they call the "flu"). Agree with other posters how this year isn't the best match and it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference

it sucks a lot less when you've had the shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 yo just had it and it was probably the sickest I've seen him since he was v young, and he had had the shot. I dont know what it would have been like without it. His ped does not do tamiflu but in retrospect i would have pushed for it. One night was esp troublesome.

yes the flu sucks, but it sucks every time (when people actually have it vs some random other illness they call the "flu"). Agree with other posters how this year isn't the best match and it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference

it sucks a lot less when you've had the shot.

not if you didn't have right match

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just really wish people kept their sick kids home. I'm so angry at how people have their coughing kids out and about. All 3 of my kids are now sick right before Christmas.

My favorites are the people who take their sick kids with them everywhere, like a big family grocery shopping trip.

Order it delivered, folks. Don't be an ahole raising aholes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 yo just had it and it was probably the sickest I've seen him since he was v young, and he had had the shot. I dont know what it would have been like without it. His ped does not do tamiflu but in retrospect i would have pushed for it. One night was esp troublesome.

yes the flu sucks, but it sucks every time (when people actually have it vs some random other illness they call the "flu"). Agree with other posters how this year isn't the best match and it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference

it sucks a lot less when you've had the shot.

This is just what people tell themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 yo just had it and it was probably the sickest I've seen him since he was v young, and he had had the shot. I dont know what it would have been like without it. His ped does not do tamiflu but in retrospect i would have pushed for it. One night was esp troublesome.

This infuriates me. Our entire family just had Flu A and Tamiflu was a freaking godsend for the 3 of us who took it. However, like you, our pedi would ‘t give it to our son because “research shows it only shortens the flu by 12 hours and he might get a tummy ache”. Wtf! It literally stopped the virus in its tracks for the rest of us. Poor DS had it so rough and it could have been prevented. He had a positive PCR within 12 hours of symptoms starting. It was the perfect to give him Tamiflu. That said, I highly recommend asking for the pills if your kids can swallow them. Much easier to take (and much easier on the stomach) than the liquid.

[Anonymous]

When the flu shot isn’t a great match (like this year), it still offers some benefits.
Primarily it lowers the risk of hospitalization and death. I think that’s a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This year's shot is a bad match. Supposedly, the shot can still lessen the severity of illness but it's impossible to quantify until after the end of the flu season.
It also doesn't help that the current administration has cut ties with the WHO (that provides annual flu strain data) and has cancelled the campaign to promote flu shots.

Spoiler alert. They never actually quantify the effectiveness of the shot. They put all their time and energy into marketing instead.

Go ahead and try to figure out how many people who took the shot died of flu in any given year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just really wish people kept their sick kids home. I'm so angry at how people have their coughing kids out and about. All 3 of my kids are now sick right before Christmas.

Unfortunately, coughs can last awhile. Even after most kids are better. Plus, you are contagious with flu/colds a day or two before symptoms even start. It is tricky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year's shot is a bad match. Supposedly, the shot can still lessen the severity of illness but it's impossible to quantify until after the end of the flu season.
It also doesn't help that the current administration has cut ties with the WHO (that provides annual flu strain data) and has cancelled the campaign to promote flu shots.

Spoiler alert. They never actually quantify the effectiveness of the shot. They put all their time and energy into marketing instead.

Go ahead and try to figure out how many people who took the shot died of flu in any given year.

k

This. We get the flu shot most years, including this year. Influenza can be very serious. But I’m meh about the shot.

[Anonymous]

I always get the flu shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the flu vaccine and the variant spreading are mismatched.

Bc of the chaos with the change in administration at the beginning of the year, FDA did not hold its usually public advisory committee meeting where experts would’ve made recommendations on what strains to include.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the flu vaccine and the variant spreading are mismatched.

Bc of the chaos with the change in administration at the beginning of the year, FDA did not hold its usually public advisory committee meeting where experts would’ve made recommendations on what strains to include.

While I agree with the chaos observation, it’s often a bad match. It’s extremely difficult to predict. This year isn’t any different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also think the flu shot is helpful. Every year, one person in our household gets the flu, but the rest of us stay well. I attribute this to getting the flu shot.

Last year, I was the only one in our house to not get the flu shot (which was an oversight, I have nothing against it), and was also the only one to not get the flu.