FLu Jabs

We are supposed to bring my 4 year old in for her flu jab, but she has a cough/sniffles at the moment - do I need to wait until she is over whatever this is she has or will that be too late? And, is she too young? Thanks for any info.

I'd wait till she's over the cold. 

She's by no means too young.  If this is her first time receiving the flu jab, she'll be given two half-doses 4 weeks apart.

Thanks. Hopefully she will get fully over this soon, and not get hit with another one from school before I can get her down for the jab

Any chance of getting Tamiflu? It really should be reserved for people who have underlying health conditions who develop flu.

Tamiflu may be a little scarce this year in the States. My daughter and her boyfriend are getting ready to leave on an around-the-world trip. Their first stops are China, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. They went to their doctor to get flu shots and Tamiflu and were told that the US government was strictly controlling the release of Tamiflu to prevent hoarding in case of a flu epidemic. He gave them one prescription instead of the two that they requested. (So they just went to another doctor who gave them another prescription. They have filled both and will be taking it with them on their travels.)

But Hopster is in the UK.  And the person has asthma.  It's really sad, all this media hype about a strain of flu that hasn't even mutated to be transmissable from human to human yet, b/c it's meant some people w/underlying health conditions can't get the jab, or anti-virals when they fall ill w/influenza to prevent their suffering health complications.   :\\\'(