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October 16th News

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  • #16
    I never choose the flu-mist.
    Tara
    Married 20 years to MD/PhD in year 3 of MFM fellowship. SAHM to five wonderful children (#6 due in August), a sweet GSD named Bella, a black lab named Toby, and 1 guinea pig.

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    • #17
      Flumist is quadrivalent (covers 4 strains of flu), whereas some of the shots are trivalent. If you get the shot, double check that you're getting the quadrivalent one. Flumist does seem to provide better protection and is now recommended by the ACIP over the shot. But, still better to get the shot than nothing.
      Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.

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      • #18
        Ok you are all freaking me out - we're going to Disney a week from today and the kids are getting their flu mists on Saturday...UGH!
        Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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        • #19
          Flumist, as far as I know (could be wrong), is live attenuated and has the ability to mutate - like the real flu - into different strains for further protection.
          Heidi, PA-S1 - wife to an orthopaedic surgeon, mom to Ryan, 17, and Alexia, 11.


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          • #20
            October 16th News

            I'd read that the better protection was due to location. More antibodies localize in the nose & mucosal linings where the influenza virus was most likely to primarily infect.

            ETA: It is live-attenuated, but I haven't read anything about it mutating. I can refresh later though.
            Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.

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            • #21
              That's good to know about the shot vs mist! I was hoping for the shot since DS freaked out last year, and I'm not sure he inhaled enough of it.
              Laurie
              My team: DH (anesthesiologist), DS (9), DD (8)

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              • #22
                Originally posted by ladymoreta View Post
                Our pediatrician's office *still* doesn't have the flu vaccine!
                DH's hospital (not the kiddo one, but the community system) does not even have them for their employees yet. And it is mid-October. We went last week and got them for free from our town. Not screwing around with our little one coming soon in the midst of flu/RSV/pertussis season.

                I gave my new boss flowers today for Bosses Day (ok, they were from me and the FT temp) and she LOVED them. I hope this means I am storing up brownie points somewhere with someone.


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                Event coordinator, wife and therapist to a peds attending

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                • #23
                  And the brownie pts appeared in the form of being able to offer a job shadowing position I didn't think I was going to have this year. Score!


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                  Event coordinator, wife and therapist to a peds attending

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                  • #24
                    Thanks for the love, Kris and T&S.

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