children going back to school will trigger major flu epidemic

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Here - also, it seems that the government is refusing to publish the minutes of a meeting with medical advisers on whether under fives should have been part of the annual flu jab ... this decision saves the government £85million. I am worried because I should have the flu jab but still have not been able to have it as I am all the time ill (with bad colds, fever, chest infections) and hence cannot have the jab before I am better. DD will have it this week privately but will take minimum two weeks to get some immunity and then booster after 4 weeks to get full immunity.

Are you worried???

'I will got and trawl through the internet and find the scientific research showing that immunity is short lived in cases of influenza and it is thought especially in the case of H1N1 due to its make up'

Because that's really the source of all knowledge.

Exactly, Riv. Of course, there are individual variations factoring in as well.

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Back to the OP; this doesn't cause me extra worry. The vast, vast majority of children returning to school will be over 5, and so ineligible even under last season's rules.

I am worried (in a different sort of way) about the cheap political scaremongering.

And the vast majority of people who get swine flu will recover with no lasting effects.

Two of mine were under 5 when they had it. One was a baby.

As long as the person is not immuno-supressed or has an underlying medical condition, there's all likelihood they will recover with no lastig effect.

I'm 20 wks pregnant and already had several midwife and hospital appts... not one person mentioned having the flu jab. Having it on 4th jan but presumably as it takes 10days to really work, could well be a waste of time.

My daughter was ill last August during the swine flu outbreak, she had just turned one and was really quite bad with it. Though never had any swabs to confirm it, I hope it was swine flu as to give her immunity this time around.

I had very bad flu when I was 19 (immobilised for several weeks) and never had it since (now 26), so don't really believe the previous posts of immunity only lasting 6 months. Hopefully I am immune to whatever strain of flu that was, it was so bad, I'd never want to get it again. Maybe that are confused with immunity gained through vaccination, as most vaccines are not lifelong effective.

I also watched the documentary about Spanish flu during WW1 where they found that it was almost exactly the same to H1N1, finding that people born or living at that time gained lifelong immunity to it.

Dd 8 just had severe swine flu, severe vomiting and pneumonia, ending up in hospital and was seriously ill.
She had itlast year both times confirmed...
The consultant says I still need to get her the flu jab as she can catch I again she said....

But Piffle, IIRC, your child has a disability and might possibly have compromised immune system?

For most people who get swine flu, this is not the case.

Or for many other viruses.

Some people even have immunity to things they've never had.

DH does not recall having rubella. Yet a titre showed he is immune to it.

The doc simply said a child who is run down has less immunity and ability to resist infection.
Dd is that child, her syndrome is not connected afaik to her illnesses.
She is just very susceptible. There were other kids there in the same boat.
But the flu jab offers protection against 3 flu types iirc
Dd could catch the other 2 was what the consultant inferred

Two twin girls had no problems but after a week back at school both have got colds and runny noses and now i've started. I'm not looking forward to the winter

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