Nasal flu vaccine for 2 year olds

[anotherangel2]

I am not an anti vaxer but I have not heard of this vaccine. I will look it up later but does anyone know anything about it or have any opinions please? DD’s GP surgery have just rang to offer it

It's a nasal spray offered to children, elderly people and pregnant women. Once the children start school they do it there, but for 2-4 year olds its done in surgery. if they offer you a slot, you have to take what's offered as they get batches with a specific shelf life so there's not a lot of flexibility on timing.

My children have had it at school for many years now. Never even a hint of a side effect. They have also never caught flu after having it. Luck or result of the vaccine I have no idea but I'll never say no.

I think the spray is offered to children only.

It's quick and easy.

But - can an HCP confirm - it sheds, and DC who have had it should not go into close indoor proximity to the vulnerable for a while afterwards? I think the sniff becomes available after the jab (which starts next week, but perhaps that's just how my practice has chosen to arrange it

I have a medical condition which means I get flu immunisation on NHS, as do my cohabitants including teens who fall outside the mainly school-based sniff programme. We all get jab, not sniff.

There was a thread a couple of weeks ago about what impact a serious flu outbreak could have. Reducing the risk of that happening (as well as reducing the individual risk to the vax recipient) seems to me to be an obviously good thing.

I have not heard anything particularly bad about the sniff, and take up has been quite good (and they increased the ages available in response to parental demand, didn’t they?)

But - can an HCP confirm - it sheds, and DC who have had it should not go into close indoor proximity to the vulnerable for a while afterwards? I think the sniff becomes available after the jab (which starts next week, but perhaps that's just how my practice has chosen to arrange it this is interesting as DD is booked in for next Thursday and DH who take immosuppresents has not had his as he yet as he was having a flare up of Crohns.

The nasal is live but weakened flu viruses. My ds who is asthmatic doesn’t receive the nasal flu vaccine because it triggered an episode two years running and we ended up in hospital on steroids, he was two and three at the time. Since then I’ve refused it and he gets his vaccination by flu jab.