To be unsure about flu nasal spray vaccine?

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My son is now two and I have had a text message inviting me to make an appointment for him to have this. AIBU to not want him to have it? I am not an anti-vaxxer however I have 2 older children and when they were small this wasn’t a thing.... I’ve never had flu in my life.... thoughts please

What are your reasons for not letting your child have the nasal flu?

Flu can kill perfectly healthy people and if there’s a chance you can prevent that why wouldn’t you?

The average adult doesn't need a flu vaccine as while they may get it, they'll feel shitty for a couple of weeks and be fine.

For very young children, the elderly, and those with health conditions that leave you vulnerable, flu can kill.

If your doctor recommends getting it for your child I would listen.

My nephews mother died last year. She had flu and deteriorated very rapidly and unexpectedly. A perfectly healthy 41 year old woman.
Get the vaccine. Protect him and others.

If you arent an anti-vaxxer why wouldnt you want him to have a nasal spray that could help prevent your young DS contracting serious flu? It's not like a common cold, flu can prove to be fatal to vulnerable younger and older people.

When my son was 3 he missed his flu vaccine because he was intensive care with the flu. He was very very poorly. He has the vaccine every year now and so do I.

You have never had flu in your life but di you know any elderly people, pregnant women or young babies? If he got the flu and he spread it to them he could kill them. It doesnt hurt like an injection and he'll probably get a sticker. I'd do it (and have done it). They do it at schools now as well

If you want to risk the lottery of his potential death then yes don’t vaccine him. Sorry harsh I know but flu kills young children. Go and take Him.

yabu

Helpful, Hoooo

Thoughts are if your GP has recomended it then listen, don't be arrogant or stupid to think you know best.

I'm an otherwise healthy adult just getting over flu at the moment. Aside from the fact that flu is much more likely to kill a young child, you should want to protect them from being this ill. I have never felt so unwell in my life and I'd do anything for my child to not feel like this. For the sake of a nasal spray you'd be mad to not get it. Just because you've never had it doesn't mean it won't happen. I'd never had it until I got it.

Perhaps...just quite tiresome isn't it?
Op:I don't want my child to vaccinated
P:Why
Op:I just have a feeling
Good job the rest of us get vaccinated to provide herd immunity, eh?
Utterly moronic.

That isn’t what she said.

Her point is that her first two children did not have the vaccine so she’s asking about it. Plenty of people are hesitant over new vaccines.

FWIW, as unpleasant as flu is, it isn’t generally a killer even in very young children. It isn’t on the same level as polio, diphtheria and so on.

Generally speaking, when MN delete something it’s because it’s unacceptable, so don’t keep doing it.

Spanish flu?
Bird flu?
Which strain of flu do you mean?

Be grateful that your children didn't get flu when the vaccine wasn't available to them. Flu is awful and can take months to recover from, and that's if you're a healthy run of the mill person. Why would you risk your little one getting it if you had the opportunity to be protected them from it?

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Some friends didn't get their 2cyear old vaccinated last winter as they were worried she might not feel well after the vaccine.
She ended up being admitted to hospital very poorly from flu.
I think she should have had the vaccine.

*to protect them from it

Only in one of the richest countires in the world is this even a question.
My mum has copd.
My husband and son have asthma...
But yeah. Ops right to be a over rides their right to not die because people don't vaccinate cuz of the feelz.
Ffs.

Real flu isn't a mild disease. That's on reason why your DS should get vaccinated - it can get life threateningly serious. There's also the fact that children in his age group are 'super spreaders' - which is why they are targeted for this. It's to protect older people, people with respiratory disorders, people with compromised immune systems. So having this will protect your son and a lot of people around him, who may be your loved ones.

In 2018 my DDs (then 15 and 17) both caught flu for the first time in their lives. They were incredibly, incredibly ill. I was vaccinated and didn't get it(I work for the NHS, we are offered it).

It's not like a cold that you shake off in a couple of days. It really isn't.

A dr friend of mine said: I’ve never seen anyone die from the flu vaccine but I regularly see people die from the flu.
Not really much of a decision is it?
And if you’ve ever had flu, I have, once, I wouldn’t wish that on my child.