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The child died of a seizure, not flu. Calling a given seizure "flu-related" is a stretch. There isn't even any data on whether the flu strain the child had was

• Nicksil 7y ago
  >The child died of a seizure, not flu. Calling a given seizure "flu-related" is a stretch. >There isn't even any data on whether the flu strain the child had was even one addressed by this year's vaccine. That doesn't seem accurate. All reporting thus far points to the flu as being cause; the seizure likely stemming from fever. https://www.kktv.com/content/news/2-pediatric-deaths-in-Colorado-this-flu-season-567597911.html https://www.kktv.com/content/news/2-pediatric-deaths-in-Colo... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-anti-vaxxers-pushed-mom-not-give-her-son-tamiflu-n1131936 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-anti-vaxx...
• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > The child died of a seizure, not flu. No, the symptoms when she asked for advice included a high fever and seizure, he didn't die from the seizure. If he had, she wouldn't have been seeking advice. A febrile seizure in the first hours of a high fever, from the flu or otherwise, is not an extremely rare event in young children, and usually on its own isn't particularly dangerous, especially compared to lots of the causes of fevers which trigger them, including the flu.