Flu Shot

1littlebird · December 2014

A bit of a vent. In the state I live in babies and toddlers are required to get a flu shot if they are in daycare. DD got her flu shot just before Thanksgiving, and had to be sent home from daycare on Tuesday fora fever. I suspect the flu shot is to blame. I am home with her again today (not that I am complaining about the cuddles). What my frustration is, is that the flu shot isn't even effective for half this years strain. Of course I want to do everything I can to keep my kid safe and healthy, but I just don't really believe in the flu vaccine.

#shegetsalltheregularscheduledvaccines

#idontgetaflushot

psychdoc12 · December 2014

So it only has a 50% chance of protecting her from a virus that can kill her?

Worthless then.

1littlebird · December 2014

I know my viewpoint won't sit well with everyone. I don't think the state should dictate medical decisions for me. That is where the frustration is.

psychdoc12 · December 2014

You should have put it in UO.

1littlebird · December 2014

Duly noted @psychdoc12

Amjoy25 · December 2014

I don't think you are going to win this argument here on TB.

I mean, the nerve of that daycare trying to keep your child safe. Jerks.

Kdanson · December 2014

I think all vaccines should be made mandatory by the government. Provided there are no medical conditions, such as autoimmune disorders or intolerances, that make it impossible to receive vaccinations.

I know it will never happen, but I can dream.

blueeyedrose86 · December 2014

I have a different gripe about the flu mist. How does it make sense that the vaccination can cause what you are trying to prevent??? DH got the mist and got the flu anyway. Then I got it, DD got it, my sister and her husband got it, as did their 7 and 3 year old daughters. So that's 7 cases from one vaccine. Flipping ridiculous. He is in the military, so it was mandatory, but he asked for the shot instead. They wouldn't give it to him because he wasn't pregnant or a child and didn't care that he has a baby at home. Asshats.

mancila60 · December 2014

They are saying this year that the shot isn't working but I would still rather DS get the shot than not get it. At least he has protection from some of it than none of it.

finnybooboo · December 2014

mancila60 said:

They are saying this year that the shot isn't working but I would still rather DS get the shot than not get it. At least he has protection from some of it than none of it.

This. At least it will give some protection. They do have the best interest of your child (and everyone else's) with policies like this.

Amjoy25 · December 2014

blueeyedrose86 said:

I have a different gripe about the flu mist. How does it make sense that the vaccination can cause what you are trying to prevent??? DH got the mist and got the flu anyway. Then I got it, DD got it, my sister and her husband got it, as did their 7 and 3 year old daughters. So that's 7 cases from one vaccine. Flipping ridiculous. He is in the military, so it was mandatory, but he asked for the shot instead. They wouldn't give it to him because he wasn't pregnant or a child and didn't care that he has a baby at home. Asshats.

I got the flu mist a few years ago, and was perfectly fine. You guys just got a strain it wasn't prepared to fight.

blueeyedrose86 · December 2014

We never get the flu. This is the first year he got mist. It was barely two days after getting the vaccine that he got sick. I'm fairly confident the vaccine caused it. This has happened to several of our military friends as well, and they got their vaccines all at different times, so it's not as if they were passing it to each other.

huntjul · December 2014

i think it's extremely reasonable to ask that a child be vaccinated against a readily transmittable (by respiratory route, not even direct contact!) disease when they are to be around a bunch of other children--whether or not the vaccine is 100% effective against every strain to be encountered.

emmylou78 · December 2014

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the flu vaccine for the given year protects against the 2 or 3 most common strains from the previous year and/or that is most common from the flu season in another part of the world. (Some people sit down and are paid lots of money to predict which strains are the most prevalent.) It's possible to get a different strain of the flu; not influenza A or B of that year. That is, if what your DH had was actually "the flu".

This year's was a dud. It never crossed my mind to be upset. I'm mandated for my job to get it or sign a formal declination.

Besides, lots of vaccines can cause fevers. Meh. Easily treatable with Tylenol and Motrin.

PinkDahLia44 · December 2014

1littlebird said:
I know my viewpoint won't sit well with everyone. I don't think the state should dictate medical decisions for me. That is where the frustration is.

Yeah, no. The government should absolutely dictate that people get ther vaccinations, because clearly we cannot trust the general public to make these decisions themselves.

shelley1002 · December 2014

blueeyedrose86 said:
We never get the flu. This is the first year he got mist. It was barely two days after getting the vaccine that he got sick. I'm fairly confident the vaccine caused it. This has happened to several of our military friends as well, and they got their vaccines all at different times, so it's not as if they were passing it to each other.

Tricare covers the flu shot at CVS. That's what my H does every year.

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