Since I had my daughter two years ago, I’ve been plagued with more bugs, illnesses and viruses than ever before. I blame sleep deprivation, playgroups, playgrounds, and frequently forgetting my Purell. Hot off the AP wire, they've reported that “new evidence that children are key flu spreaders”. Duh! The smartypants at Harvard spent four flu seasons studying the appearance of flu symptoms in local ERs and then tracked what zip codes the illnesses were most prevalent in. The answer won’t surprise you. Areas with more dirty, nose picking, non-mouth covering sneezing and coughing “germ factory” children were “struck first and worst” with the flu symptoms. Yeah, any mom or dad could have told you that.
In response to this new study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sticking with the previous recommendation that children from age 6 months to 18 years old should be vaccinated, the previous recommendation was just for children under the age of five.
Flu season starts in just a month, so if you’re a flu shotter family you better get yours sooner than later.
Via AP
