Anyone worried about this new flu?

[Starrynight999]

So my kids in 2022 had flu A and my 2 year old got sepsis after being ignored by doctors s just a virus for a week after multiple trips, he recovered and he is ok.. skip to last year they then got flu A again a much milder strain but we’re still very poorly and now this year it’s everywhere again and seems to be an awful strain and I’m just dreading it.. before anyone says.. non of us are vaccinated we are to to date with all vaccinations and I’m really not an anti vaxer.. but I don’t know how I feel about the flu spray if I’m honest.. doesn’t look like they are working much.. I’m just also anxious about it.. how is everyone else feeling?

Are you this stupid

Ebola kills regardless of your immune system, flu can kill to even in 2025

move more yeah you’re trolling

Personally I had a really bad experience with the vaccine so I don’t have it or give it to the kids anymore . The year we add the vaccine was the only year I ever got the flu

I'm not the slightest bit worried. 🙄

What a luxury to not be worried. As someone with numerous auto immune conditions and a clinically vulnerable disabled child I am always worried.

Not sure what the rolling eye emoji was for. Do you not 'get' that these things are deadly for others?

Having a bad reaction is one thing.

It's quite another to imply vaccines gave you the flu. Do you believe this? Or are you just implying it?

After serious research I do know it happens . That’s why immunocompromised cannot be around those that had the flu vaccine .I think it’s also pretty obvious that every year the flu vaccine is given in September and October and everyone has the flu end of October November

It's only the childrens flu vaccine that is live and yes it is correct that that can cause viral shedding which is detrimental to immuncompromised contacts. But as long as the child themselves isn't immuncompromised, it doesn't cause them to have flu. The adults flu vaccine is not live at all so cannot cause flu.

But the root of her worry is not that she’s been whipped up by a “media frenzy”, it’s that her own child developed a life threatening complication of flu.

So you can say “the odds are on your side” as much as as you like but she’s been there, she’s had a child with sepsis secondary to flu. The odds are not on the side of small children, the elderly, or r the immunocompromised - these people are more likely to develop complications or even die of flu. That’s a fact, not anecdote or my fancy thoughts.

Didn’t really work out for OP previously when her child caught flu and developed a life threatening complication.

Your opinion is dangerous.

She did say that. I would hope lightening didnt strike twice for the o.p.
Unfortunately it does for some.
I'm quite aware of the facts as is the o.p hence the reason for her worry. Other than the vaccine which she does not wish there are limited options to take.
I dont believe the media helps in these circumstances. Seeing frequent stories of sepsis etc which the o.p has endured first hand would naturally induce a more fearful response. I wouldnt consider this a fancy thought. Just a thought

Eh? I am immunocompromised and every year because of that I am given the flu vaccine. Yet I haven't had flu since I was about 22 (back when I wasn't immunocompromised) - by your logic I should be having yearly flu bouts and wondering where they came from 😂

YANBU to be worried about the flu virus, it's very serious this year and your child has had a very bad experience of the flu previously.
But YABU by refusing to have the vaccine and refusing to let your children have the vaccine too. In fact - you are being VERY, VERY unreasonable about that.
What are you looking for on Mumsnet-sympathy?? Approval?? Well it's clear from the majority of replies that you aren't getting that, and quite rightly IMO. And your defensive replies suggest you only wanted to hear anti-vaxxers telling you that you are correct - so what's the point?

They mean the flu nasal spray which is live and can shed but it’s not really an issue for people who aren’t immunocompromised
but that’s why I try and get my vaccine early and avoid small children (who are usually balls of germs anyway!)

I'm VERY worried, as although we've both been vaccinated, my DH has spent the last 4 days in bed with flu, and has been seriously unwell. At one point he was struggling to breath, which was causing him to have panic attacks, but thankfully, after getting him to inhale Vicks in boiling water, I was able to calm him down enough to avoid a trip to the hospital. However, having ended up almost dying after getting flu previously, which then turned into double pneumonia and sepsis, I am terrified that I'm going to get it, even though we've taken all possible precautions. It really is a nightmare for anyone who hasn't been immunised, and has any vulnerabilities.

Please don’t call googling things ‘research’

Unless you are conducting double blind, peer reviewed, experimentally controlled, placebo control group, randomised control trials… you are not ‘researching’ vaccines.

And the people that have done actual research, find that the flu vaccine (and the covid one for that matter) saves lives.

Must be the reason 50% of nhs staff in hospital actually doesn’t have it

I’m still recovering and its lasted 2 weeks.However I am over 70 and feel that it could have been much worse if I hadnt had the vaccine.Have the vaccine.

But the higher the education level, the higher the uptake. Consultants’ uptake is far higher than non-clinical support staff. And they are the ones with no science background. Consultants are more likely to have more education in actual research methods.

What is your qualification to interpret research findings? I’m not being mean BTW, just trying to point out that understanding how statistics, research, data and significance work is essential. Just googling things that you think sound believable and not looking at the papers isn’t research and it is misleading.

If you read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, he explains media and science reporting. It’s a good first step.

I have a PHD so I am not very convinced that is true . My ex husband worked for Roche too and hire high up ( I’m not saying doing what as he still works for them ) and that doesn’t men’s he takes all vaccines , quite the opposite .

A phd in what?

I'm not worried, I've had the vaccine and am wearing a mask on public transport. Not much else I can do.

My son had it and was really unwell with temp, hardly out of bed for a week. 2 weeks on and he is still very tired falling asleep straight after school I dread to think how much worse he would have been if he hadn't been vaccinated

Just FYI, I know a wee girl who is in intensive care as thd flu virus attacked her brain. She is two years old.
Please take any precautions that you are able to.