Why the NHS says your child should get the flu vaccine - and how it went for two kids who have just had it - video Dailymotion

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School nurse Louise explains why the NHS is urging parents and carers to get their children protected from flu, while Emily and James reveal what the nasal vaccine was like for them.

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00:00It's very important that children are protected from flu to help the whole community.

00:04It's not just the children, it's everybody else around.

00:06So it's the parents, grandparents, family members, the rest of the school members and the staff.

00:12And because you could go home and give it to somebody that's immunocompromised,

00:17that could be really poorly, because flu is quite nasty.

00:21And so if you can protect everybody, it will have a much better effect on the community at large,

00:27not just within the schools themselves.

00:29The nasal spray is very easy to deliver to the children.

00:32It's very quick, it's less traumatic, and yeah, it hasn't got very many side effects.

00:39You can feel a little bit, as though you've got a runny nose, a bit of headache, a bit of tiredness.

00:44Carry on as normal afterwards, but if they need a little bit of Calpol or paracetamol, they can do.

00:49If the children do get flu, unfortunately, they can be really quite poorly,

00:55if they've not had the immunisation or the vaccination prior to this.

00:58We have huge numbers going into the hospital halls that are really poorly.

01:02And this obviously has a knock-on effect again, because parents have to have time off work to be with them.

01:06The children can be poorly for quite a long time.

01:10I can't stress how much they can be ill, and it's so much easier just to have a vaccination.

Why the NHS says your child should get the flu vaccine - and how it went for two kids who have just had it

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