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Don't add the flu to your child's problems: Vaccinate
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30167
Subject(s) - shot (pellet) , medicine , disease control , one shot , pediatrics , environmental health , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
It's that time of year again — flu shots. As in injections, not the nasal mist. We're calling them flu shots, because for all children 6 months and older, this old‐fashioned route of administration is recommended. The nasal version was only 3% effective last year in children ages 2–17, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So, yes, young children get a lot of shots — vaccines that save them from disease and death — and a yearly flu shot is a necessity. The flu shot, however, was 63% effective.