My understanding is that if you get the flu soon after being vaccinated it means you had already come into contact with it not long before you were vaccinated and it hadn’t had a chance to work in your bloodstream etc. It is really strange that a person would suffer from genuine flu for months.

Aw bless, bless, bless ! So sad. My heart goes out to the family.

So sad. And so preventable. Love to the family

How sad. What a terrible outcome of the flu.

It has been a bad flu season and it’s quite hard to distinguish between a cold and a flu at times.

Sad to read of a young life lost. Vaccination is so important to prevent this from happening.

Vaccinate. It’s so simple, and so effective.

How sad for the family ????

Such a scary thing.. I might have to actually get the family vaccinated against the flu!

Oh, little one. Too many people still die of influenza. So sad. 🙁

I can’t believe the comment below claiming the flu does not kill people. People, especially the elderly and the young, get the flu. Then they get complications caused by the flu. The complications combined with the flu kills people. So vaccinate to avoid getting the flu, hence avoiding the complications, and possibly avoiding death.
As for the woman who claims to have had the flu for 8 months after having a flu vaccine, why did you let it last so long? If it was actually the flu, it would be an extremely rare reaction so it’s still the best thing to have your kids vaccinated. Ultimately, it’s better to suffer in the short term [if at all] then die

Yet another tragic case of the flu claiming a young life!

How sad for the family. RIP little one

Influenza is just dreadful and every sympathy to the family – such a tragic loss of life.

I’m in two minds about the flu shot — I got it through work once and then had the flu for 8 miserable months. I’m normally all for vaccines, but the flu shot is one I can’t seem to bring myself to give to our Punks.

Sad to read!

You cannot die from the flu! Why do they keep spreading this false news.

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  • • mom81879 replied
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  How can you say this when there are deaths nearly every year?! Especially with young kids and the elderly. It may not be directly from the flu, but you catch the flu and complications set in that you can die from! Get your vaccinations and you don’t get the flu, no complications and no possible death. But to say the flu doesn’t kill people……………seriously!

Awful news but great that the flu numbers are down hopefully lives will be saved.