DD9 is vegetarian. No one else in the family is. She's very strict about it and checks packets carefully for things like gelatin if she is unsure whether she can have something.
Just had the email from school about the flu nasal spray and it says in there that the spray contains pork gelatin. She would 100% refuse to entertain having this if she knew. I don't know whether the injection would be vegetarian, I assume so, but there is also no way she would have that. Maybe some people will say make her have the injection if she refuses the spray. I'm not convinced a nurse would inject a wriggling screaming child that I've had to physically drag through the door.
DD has a heart condition, she's had open heart surgery before, and her cardiologist always asks that she has any vaccines that are offered.
She had the spray last year, I must not have realised it wasn't vegetarian. She's been veggie for about 18 months.
I'm not decided on what I'll do but am interested to hear some different perspectives.
YABU - tell her and let her decide what she wants to do.
YANBU - keep quiet, let her have the spray for the greater good.