Swine Flu jab for kiddies?

[TimberWolf]

There is, not surprisingly, mathematical modelling for infectious disease, which is no doubt as accurate as other mathematical models, such as used for climate change.

[DimPrawn]

My question is this.

My lad has no underlying medical condition such as asthma, and so wouldn't normally have a flu jab for seasonal flu.

Everyone keeps telling me the swine flu is no more dangerous than normal flu, so why give the boy a flu jab for this one strain?

Or is sasguru now changing his tune and saying swineflu is more dangerous than seasonal flu to a healthy child with no underlying medical condition?

[EternalOptimist]

There is, not surprisingly, mathematical modelling for infectious disease, which is no doubt as accurate as other mathematical models, such as used for climate change.

That settles it for me. SasGurus modelling on climate change has been so accurate, only a fool would doubt his pronouncements on how to care for our children.
If I hadn't listened to him back in 99 when he made his 'SasTrodamus' predictions, I , and my family would have been under water by now.
Sastrodamus accurately predicted that sea levels would rise by 6.5 feet over the coming century, which meant a 6 inch rise by 2009. This would have flooded us out. Luckily, thanks to Sastrodamus, this rise has been cancelled out by the ,er.., hole in the ozone layer, and the er.., other factors which have stopped the sea rising.
But apart from that , I can not think of anyone better suited to pontificate on my kids welfare

WELL DONE SASTRODAMUS

[EternalOptimist]

My question is this.

My lad has no underlying medical condition such as asthma, and so wouldn't normally have a flu jab for seasonal flu.

Everyone keeps telling me the swine flu is no more dangerous than normal flu, so why give the boy a flu jab for this one strain?

Or is sasguru now changing his tune and saying swineflu is more dangerous than seasonal flu to a healthy child with no underlying medical condition?

There is another reason. This is a new campaign and the side effects are an unknown.
It's the side effects that you have to worry about.

[TimberWolf]

It's a shame there isn't someone in the medical world whose views could be trusted implicitly by the populace, a sort Maggie Thatcher of medicine.

[minestrone]

My question is this.

My lad has no underlying medical condition such as asthma, and so wouldn't normally have a flu jab for seasonal flu.

Everyone keeps telling me the swine flu is no more dangerous than normal flu, so why give the boy a flu jab for this one strain?

Or is sasguru now changing his tune and saying swineflu is more dangerous than seasonal flu to a healthy child with no underlying medical condition?

Normal flu is not usually a mortal danger to the young but swine flu is. There have been a few deaths of children with no health issues with swine flu, that is uncommon with 'normal flu'.

[DimPrawn]

Normal flu is not usually a mortal danger to the young but swine flu is. There have been a few deaths of children with no health issues with swine flu, that is uncommon with 'normal flu'.

Do you have any links to articles about the unfortunate children that died from swine flu but had no underlying health issues?

[minestrone]

Do you have any links to articles about the unfortunate children that died from swine flu but had no underlying health issues?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...lu-under-fives

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=36146

[DimPrawn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...lu-under-fives

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=36146

That article doesn't make sense:

The figures underline the vulnerability of the very young and the dangers posed by the H1N1 virus. The random sample of 192 patients showed that more than one in four patients admitted to hospital had asthma, more than 15% had heart disease and more than 10% had diabetes.

So people with underlying health conditions.

The government hopes to begin vaccinating high-risk groups and frontline health workers against swine flu in the second half of October, depending on when batches of a GlaxoSmithKline vaccine are delivered. Only children who fall within high risk groups – such as those with asthma or diabetes – are currently prioritised to receive the vaccine.

So only children with underlying health conditions.

[minestrone]

That article doesn't make sense:



So people with underlying health conditions.




So only children with underlying health conditions.

I just seen the

"More than 80% of children under the age of five who have been hospitalised with swine flu had no underlying health problems, according to a Department of Health patient survey"

"a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl and a 12-year-old Corpus Christi girl who had no underlying health issues died after contracting the H1N1 flu virus"

Thought that was what you asked for.