Young Kids Who Never Had Flu Getting Hammered

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/what-flu-strain-is-circulating-now-and-why-are-so-many-kids-getting-sick-1.6198908

 

This year many more young children than normal are getting severe reactions to flus something that is straining hospitals

 

Canadian doctor spoke about the types of flu strains and which ones you tend to hold on to immunity longer

 

Because for nearly 2 years covid protocols also suppressed other flus and viruses, many children under 5 have never been exposed to a flu at all in their lives.

 

A lot of very young children are not getting hit with the flu all at once that don't have any previous immunity and thus it explains an unusually strong year for the flu especially among young children

 

Immunity to some strains of the flu can give a partial immunity to other strains if it is simmilar enough... As such not getting the flu at all for years, or in the case of some very young children never, it increases the chance of a bad reaction when your exposed to any strain

 

Many experts believe next year's flu season should be more tempered than this year's major wave

[Nite 5,913]

Anyone else not a native English speaker and only knows getting hammered as getting very drunk. I was shook  

[Borisapillar 10,129]

6 minutes ago, Nite said:

Anyone else not a native English speaker and only knows getting hammered as getting very drunk. I was shook  

Mama I can’t even keep water down when I have the flu imagine vodka 

[Snorlax 6,370]

So does this mean it's better not to mask and get sick 

[Tempest 904]

I’m a peds nurse and it’s horrible right now. We have really sick kids from RSV, the flu and Covid. The hospital is seriously as bad as it was at the start of Covid right now

[Bonkers 30,860]

42 minutes ago, Nite said:

Anyone else not a native English speaker and only knows getting hammered as getting very drunk. I was shook  

There's another meaning of hammered too.  I'll use it in a sentence:

Charlie Pluth liked to watch Shawn Mendes get hammered by Justin Bieber. 

[LIKELADYAGAGA 4,080]

Not sure why this isn't mentioned but a lot of the infectious disease college professors I follow on Twitter are saying that COVID suppresses the immune system for about six months after infection which makes any illness you get much worse. 

[Bonkers 30,860]

2 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

There's another meaning of hammered too.  I'll use it in a sentence:

Charlie Pluth liked to watch Shawn Mendes get hammered by Justin Bieber. 

and please settle down, mods. I mean it like:

Beaten on the charts

NOT 

Beaten where he farts

Ok?  Chill daddy

[Nite 5,913]

4 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

There's another meaning of hammered too.  I'll use it in a sentence:

Charlie Pluth liked to watch Shawn Mendes get hammered by Justin Bieber. 

GGD educational as always

[ScreamQueen007 415]

37 minutes ago, Snorlax said:

So does this mean it's better not to mask and get sick 

No it means people need to mask. Parents know the flu and Covid are going around but still act like everything is fine. That attitude is what is causing kids and other people to get sick. 

[ScreamQueen007 415]

8 minutes ago, LIKELADYAGAGA said:

Not sure why this isn't mentioned but a lot of the infectious disease college professors I follow on Twitter are saying that COVID suppresses the immune system for about six months after infection which makes any illness you get much worse. 

I’ve heard the same thing. And then there’s the hundreds of thousands of people with long Covid, having symptoms for months and months, there’s even people who got Covid early on in 2020 and still have compromised immune systems right now. People are being too careless when it comes to Covid. We all should still be taking precautions, wearing masks in crowds or on transit or when we go out shopping, etc. 

[Supersonic 49,376]

20 minutes ago, LIKELADYAGAGA said:

Not sure why this isn't mentioned but a lot of the infectious disease college professors I follow on Twitter are saying that COVID suppresses the immune system for about six months after infection which makes any illness you get much worse. 

I've experienced the same thing. Ever since I got Covid (even though at the time I was vaccinated thrice), my immune system has been really weak and I get sick way more frequently. I got the shingles right after covid, my cold sore outbreaks have become way more frequent and I constantly have a cold. It's been a bit longer than 6 months though since I tested positive for covid, must have been 8 months now.

[nATAH 57,315]

2 hours ago, Nite said:

Anyone else not a native English speaker and only knows getting hammered as getting very drunk. I was shook  

as a native english speaker, i only know hammered as drunk

[Economy 52,906]

23 hours ago, LIKELADYAGAGA said:

Not sure why this isn't mentioned but a lot of the infectious disease college professors I follow on Twitter are saying that COVID suppresses the immune system for about six months after infection which makes any illness you get much worse. 

Is that for everyone or like ppl that react a certain way?

[Economy 52,906]

On 12/17/2022 at 12:37 PM, ScreamQueen007 said:

No it means people need to mask. Parents know the flu and Covid are going around but still act like everything is fine. That attitude is what is causing kids and other people to get sick. 

But I mean, this was bound to happen the moment social distancing/masks took some steps back. Flus and viruses that were supressed were gonna return with a vengeance and hit us harder since we hadn't been exposed as much...

 

I don't think it's reasonable to keep living like that forever either and kick the can the road forever.

 

I would imagine next year won't be as bad.