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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Just breezed through this thread, crazy amount of kids sick. We have been lucky in out family, but my kids sports teams and schools have been hit hard.
With kids being home schooled for a while due to Covid, I would have thought that we would have really levelled the spread of common cold and flu. But obviously we have not.
Is is possible that since kids sort of missed a flu season, their immune systems are a bit weaker, hence how hard it’s hitting? Doesn’t really matter why at this point, hope everyone and their children are able to get through this one without any lasting effects.
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In that the kids who didn't get their first case of flu last year and the year before are now all getting it at the same time. Also, flu vaccine uptake is apparently low this year. In the US, coverage is 35% for children vs 40% last year at the same time. Normally it surpasses 50% for the whole flu season.