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?

It’s clearly a goady post as I can’t believe any parent would watch their child nearly die from flu and then withhold the flu vaccine from them in future years. Poor child, it’s heartbreaking.

Yes all primary and secondary (up to y11) age children are offered it for free. Those in school have special visits and those not in school often special clinics.
2-3yrs can also get it for free at a gp pr pharmacist
School ones are easiest. It's free, dont need to book an appointment and just sign the consent form

My gran said they had parties for measles etc and she refused knowing kids died or came back differently. I was shuddering when mam was telling me about them.

she and my mam where at the community centre when they offered the jabs for the kids and my gran god bless her advocating for folks to do a simple vaccine so it would help the kids. So they wouldn’t be burying them instead.

now we get anti vaxxers saying it’s poison when it bloody isn’t.

my aunt is 99 and got her flu jab along with her covid one and she said I’m doing it for others bless her when we’re doing it for her 😂

All the people I know who have flu have had the jibby jab. Its a shame that fanatical pro vaxxers don't see this, it’s like you’re in some kind of cult.

Can you share the figures on prevalence in unvaccinated vs vaccinated people? It would be good to see them.

Ultimately though the figures that really matter are hospitalisation and mortality data. Those figures are pretty solid.

Oh sweety its not the people who believe in science that are in the cult.

Where's your evidence? Such a statement without evidence to back it up is complete nonsense. Have they had a swab to confirm they've had the flu?

Original poster. No one has expressed hate towards you but you started this thread so folks are telling you what they think on the subject. I agree with them entirely. You are worried about the new flu strain and so you should be!! Ive had it. My asthma became very unstable as a result and I had to have steroids as well as antibiotics. It was quite awful. I was ill for three weeks and am still a little breathless. Ive now had the flu vaccine and a covid booster. Listen to advice. Let your children have the nasal sprays and get the darn flu jab! If not. Prepare to be sick at some point this winter. Good Luck!

I had the flu jab in beginning of October and feeling rough ATM, aching and a heavy cold but manageable with hot lem sip and staying home in the warm resting. I'm desperately trying to get better before Xmas because I am supposed to be cooking Xmas dinner for family and DH and I are hosting a Boxing Day buffet for wider family.

Oh my goodness. I can't even. This is dangerous thinking.

You do understand that having the jab doesn’t mean you won’t get flu, it makes it less likely that someone will be seriously ill and need hospitalisation? Therefore lessening the pressure on the NHS ?And making it less likely that the elderly in particular will die ?

I know. It’s scary isn’t 😱

We are all vaccinated, so I'm much less concerned than I'd be if we weren't.

My DD had covid twice. Once before the vaccine and one after. She wasn't a toddler or young child, she was a teenager. The time she had it before the vaccine was the sickest I have ever seen her including the time I thought she might have meningitis and she was blue-lighted to A&E. After she had had the vaccine it was basically a bad cold with a lot of tiredness and achiness. The difference was astonishing.

The flu vaccine works in exactly the same way. Even if a vaccinated person catches flu they are likely to have a much less severe reaction than an unvaccinated person.

Based on that, of course you should have got your children vaccinated since they have had severe reactions to the flu virus previously. Please do it in future. You don't want to look back and think 'I could have protected them' if something bad happens as a result of catching flu. And it can absolutely kill. The Spanish flu epidemic in the early 20th century had a death rate of about 10% (some estimates put it at 20%). I don't think this one is as bad as that but we have vaccinations now and that will have made a big difference even to a less virulent disease.

why do anti vax call it the jibby jab?
it’s not like the flu one hasn’t been around for years

It's absolutely wild 😫

Yes this year i am. My child has had the vaccine however his teacher has sadly passed away from flu complications this week. She was young. Much younger than me.
In a very sad and difficult time it has lead me to book and pay for the vaccine myself.
Better safe than sorry so they say

Jibby jab? You sound really bright, wow why aren't you Health Secretary? I guess we should stop the vaccinations against diphtheria then? All those people who used to die, that was just coincidence that the deaths stopped after the vaccine was it?

Christ, I despair

They don't have facts, data or persuasive arguments to support the agenda they want to push, so they rely on trying to make people feel silly or childish.

I don't understand what the anti-vaxers are thinking. Do they think the state wants to infect the population? Do they think that the government wants the population to get sick? Why would they want that? Why would they want the NHS to be put under enormous strain? Why would they want the economy to suffer from massive absenteeism due to workers being too sick to work? What would be the point of that?

The flu jab does not guarantee that you won't get flu - but if you do get it, your symptoms are likely to be less severe. The main strain of flu in circulation this year is not an exact match for this year's vaccine, but it is still effective in lessening the severity of the illness - so you hopefully just get a horrible cold, as opposed to needing hospital treatment.

I don't think grateful participation in the benefits of modern science = cult. It's just basic self preservation. Some people choose not to give themselves the best chance, and that's up to them. Bit grim when they impose that choice on their children, though.

Honestly the comments on Facebook are insane

Prior to getting the flu vaccine when
i was younger I would end up in hospital with the flu and I haven’t been hospitalised for respiratory issues since getting the vaccine. I’m now immunosuppressed and the vaccine is slightly less effective for me and so I’m terrified of getting the flu and ending up in hospital again. I don’t understand why anyone would risk severe illness and hospitalisation when the vaccine reduces the risk, if even slightly.

Truth!! 👏And measles, pertussis, etc which, oh wait let me see we have seen more cases of recently because of anti-vaxxers 🙄. These have caused children to die very recently, because they were not vaccinated.

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