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[quote=Anonymous]My kids got the quadrivalent, 4 strain nasal vaccine the day before Thanksgiving.  All 3 got stuffy as expected, my middle son actually developed an ear infection, which he has had once in his 8 years of life.  (could be unreleated, but his only illness was the congestion after vaccine).

Fast forward, last Wednesday, 1 week after their vaccine, DH started to feel ill, got a high fever.  I sent him to urgent care after a day, thinking "who knows maybe he got the flu".  He forgot to tell them about the kids vaccine, and they felt it was likely just a virus.  Gave him some cough medicine.  Said they had not really been seeing flu yet.  No flu swab.  Fever persisted for 6 days with cold symptoms.

Yesterday morning I started to feel crummy, but no fever.  Tonight, I start to get chills.  Went to urgent care.  Positive for Influenza A.  Dh and I were both vaccinated with the trivalent shot, not the quadrivalent like the kids.

Questions
1) Think this is just a fluke, and we are among the lucky ones who get the flu, as the CDC chose the wrong strains? OR
2) What is the likelihood we got it from the kids, after their nasal vaccine as their noses started to shed virus to trigger their own response.

I am praying it is #2, because if all 3 of my kids end up with the flu AGAIN, I will lose my marbles.[/quote]

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