A post on Facebook claims that a study shows children’s nasal flu vaccines are linked to strep A deaths. This is not the case. The study actually looked at a different bacteria.
found a reduction in strep A infections in areas where more children received the nasal flu vaccine, though it said “there was no difference in scarlet fever or invasive group A strep notifications.”.“The flu vaccine reduces the risk of having flu and group A Strep infections at the same time therefore it reduces the chance of developing invasive Group A Strep.
“We strongly recommend children who are eligible get a flu vaccine – it’s the best way to protect them from serious illness. The flu vaccine for children has an excellent safety record, this includes the nasal spray given to school aged children and pre-schoolers, which has been given to millions of children in the UK and worldwide.”
We have seen a large number of posts featuring misleading information about strep A in recent weeks, including false claims that nasal flu vaccines directly
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