Well, then, if “you are medical”, no one else can dare to have an option, can they? Your word is gospel. 🙄
No one is encouraging “hysteria”. It is perfectly acceptable that forum users can discuss how they feel about Strep A with other users who are similarly worried/concerned. Nothing about that is embarrassing.
What I do find embarrassing is the fact a little girl died of Strep A after being sent home from A&E twice and it was only on the third trip that she was diagnosed and given the correct care. Care that she should have received the first time she arrived. Of course, this care came far too late for her, and now a family has to come to terms with the fact their child died over something that should have been easily treated.
So, forgive me if I think your opinion “as a medical” isn’t really worth very much. Maybe if some of your wider colleagues had actually spent an extra 10 minutes examining that poor girl, she’d have made it to her 6th birthday.
I find posts from users like yourself incredibly distasteful. You have no idea who reads these threads, and I don’t think accusing parents of being “hysterical” and “embarrassing” is much consolation to those who have actually lost loved ones from Strep A.
What would have been far more useful, “as a medical”, would have been to have a post saying something to the effect of “X is usually easy to treat, these are the signs that you need to look out for and this is how it’s usually treated. If you see any of these symptoms please don’t hesitate to contact your GP to have your child checked over” if you wanted to provide something of substance to this thread.
That would have been far more beneficial rather than being dismissive of parents’ concerns. It’s that dismissive attitude that has cost several children their lives so far, and although statistically it’s still a minute number, that doesn’t make it any easier for those who have lost their child.
You need to do better as a medical professional.