NJ flu-shot mandate for preschoolers draws outcry

As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day-care centers. The decision should be the parents', not the state's, they contend.

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This does not effect me in so many ways ( a. I don't live in New Jersey b. My kids are not in day care.) My dds are both allergic to eggs. One of them had a bad reaction to the flu shot, since they are pretty much rejecting medical reasons, that is very concerning.

Re: NJ flu-shot mandate for preschoolers draws outcry

Mine swelled up like a balloon and puked like there was no tomorrow the last time she got a flu shot.

Re: NJ flu-shot mandate for preschoolers draws outcry

Don't get me wrong, my kids are up to date on all their shots and so are dh and I. But the flu shot is grown in raw eggs. I know other shots are grown in raw eggs ( and dh has a sevre problem with them, too), but the flu shot seems to cause more of a reaction than the others. I am not allergic to eggs and I'll be getting the shot the next time I am at the VA where I can get it free.

If the shot wasn't egg based, dh and the kids would be getting it. Except for dh, we have all had the pnemonia shot, too. He will be getting it as soon as I can force the issue while we are the VA.

I wonder if some people (like this woman) really understand vaccines. Vaccines just build up a person's immunity to a disease, it doesn't wipe out the disease or cause a person to have a weaker immune system. In fact, they reccommend the flu shot especially to people with weakened immune systems to help them withstand or prevent the full bore illness. Kim is the expert here. She can explain it much better than I can.

When her kids get sick, does she take them to the dr for antibotics?

I wonder if the spray is egg based and if not, where we can get it here. I know the VA just gives the shots.

I agree with you, Liz. I just don't like it that they are basically not accepting medical exceptions. Then again, I don't live in NJ and my kids are not in day care, so no worries about state enforced flu shots for me and my kids have had every other shot.

I really wish they would come up with a shot for stomach viruses. I hate them loads more than upper respiratory stuff. We carry hand santizers everywhere and use it constantly. I don't want to build up an immunity by getting loads of viruses!