Schools closing for flu

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A school near me has partially closed due to staff shortages. Another has cancelled all performances. Some of the children will have been vaccinated but I suspect, lots of the staff won’t have been. I was listening to 2 people today, on the train, discussing whether school staff should be vaccinated, to prevent the staff being off and impacting on education. Wondering if this would be a good move.

I work in Adult Social Care but at a strategic management level, so no direct contact with Older People. We are all encouraged to have the flu jab but it's at our own expense. I do get it free due to an underlying health condition, but lots of my colleagues are paying to have it privately. Most pharmacies offer it

My local authority gives us a a voucher. The problem is finding a pharmacy that will take it,

I did but I'm still laid up in bed with something gross.

@AnnaQuayInTheUk I know ! I've paid privatly for years but all around me I hear the confusion.

Tried it and nope, no catch up options.

Very few local pharmacies do shots for under 16s and those that do have no stock and won't be getting any more.

Our GP has said they are only do them for vulnerable people now and he doesnt fall into that category.

You've posted this inaccurate information 6 times, doesn't make it true
www.gov.uk/government/news/flu-vaccine-providing-important-protection-despite-new-subclade

This is incorrect. Please don't go spreading misinformation like this as people will think there is little benefit to taking the vaccine when actually there is. The vaccine data this year shows it reduces serious illness in children by around 75%, and in adults 35% - similar to previous years. But less people have been vaccinated and the flu season has started earlier.

There was an issue with the website (annd I tried to delete them all who’s wasn’t possible) and this isn’t inaccurate it’s from an oncologist and an a&e dr. It’s true but hide behind your vaccine.

It is correct listen to the drs in the hospitals not the government

It is. Oncologists and hospital docs give this info, as does the GP

I always get a flu jab as soon as they start. I pay for it.

Flu vaccines have never been very effective because they don't know which strain to vaccinate against each year. It's very hit and miss.

So two doctors say that? How many disagree with them?

And neither of those she mentions is a virologist…
And for some reason the site backing her up isn’t working…

Yes I'm still glad I had the jab and will continue to have them.

More than two say it, a whole hospital full of staff, doctors in another two hospitals (including an immunologist at a leading children’s centre), my oncology team, but you clearly don’t have it so you are welcome to your web argument behind your keyboard. None of those people trust the gov propaganda either.

The site being Mumsnet, no delete function when the posts are red. Immunologist and oncologist are two of the drs, then your bog standard dealing with this ahot every day staff in A&e who referred all the tests to the lab.

enjoy your own argument

Not sure why everyone has come down on me. I had the flu vaccine in September, one of my children had it in October and the other is still waiting. I AM NOT the only person on this thread who has delivered the well know fact that one vaccine doesn’t prevent every strain of flu. It didn’t prevent mine, it was not matched for it at all. But for some reason I’m the scapegoat?

i ended up hospitalised with flu after having the vaccine and multiple medical professionals attached to both myself and my daughter (across four hospitals) gave the same info - one flu vaccine does not prevent every strain of flu and in the current case, the one flu vaccine most were given is not going to do anything for this strain.

Every member of staff? No I don't believe that. One of my children is a nurse, Dil is a doctor, also have a midwife and hospital manager in the family. All believe in and have the jab. Real people I know.

I worked in education for 10 years and flu vaccine wasn't offered. Now I work in socialcare and obviously get a yearly vaccine.
It is crazy that education staff dont get free flu vaccines because the amount of times I got very sick from the kids

@Dancingintherain09 agree it's so short sighted

I work in oncology in an acute, close enough for you?

For what? I have cancer, have a team of oncologists. My daughter has a double brain issue, has a team of immunologists, geneticists, endocrine etc etc.

i don’t honestly know why you are pick pick picking at me. I gave my experience like so many others but you have ruthlessly gone after me. I feel sorry for your “patients”.

Me rude? You and others have gone after me because you seem to not like the idea that one vaccine won’t solve this problem.

I had it. I’m not creating fictitious people would you like to see the reports? The scars? The blood and samples that were taken?

I don’t disagree with the jab. I gae a well informed well educated piece of fact give in two hospitals and a surgery. Lucky you having a full army of medical relations.