Grippeimpfstoffe reduzieren schwere Erkrankungen bei Kindern, die Durchimpfungsrate bleibt jedoch gering. In den Vereinigten Staaten erhielten in der Saison 2024–25 nur etwa die Hälfte der Kinder (49 %) die jährliche Grippeimpfung, was einem Rückgang von 4,2 % gegenüber dem Vorjahr und einem Rückgang von 13,2 % gegenüber vor der Pandemie entspricht.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/flu-vaccine-reduces-severe-illness-kids-coverage-remains-low
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Two large-scale studies published this month in Pediatrics suggest that seasonal flu vaccination provides meaningful protection against outpatient visits and hospitalization in children. Despite the clear protective benefits of vaccination, however, flu vaccination rates remain low, and—argue Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH, of the Seattle and King County, Washington, public health department and coauthors in an accompanying commentary—public health messaging may be undermining uptake.
In a US-based analysis of nearly 20,000 children diagnosed as having an acute respiratory infection, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that vaccination reduced the risk of flu-related hospitalization and outpatient visits by 34% during the 2021–22 season, 51% in 2022–23, and 60% in 2023–24. Overall vaccine effectiveness (VE) against infection across all observed seasons was 55%.
Protection varied by strain. Across all seasons, VE was highest against influenza B (69%) compared with 43% against influenza A/H3N2.
A separate study of pediatric patients in Europe found even higher protection among those seeking primary care for flu-related illness. Across the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, VE against primary care–attended flu ranged from 68% to 71% overall, with particularly strong protection against influenza B (83% to 92%). The data found that the overall VE against any influenza was at least 65% across both seasons.
Taken together, the studies reinforce that flu vaccination provides consistent, moderate protection for children. “Across multiple seasons, influenza vaccination was found to offer notable protection against outpatient visits and hospitalizations in children,” notes the commentary.
Despite the evidence that the flu vaccine offers protection against medically attended illness, childhood vaccination rates remain low, the commentary authors said.
In the United States, only about half of children (49%) received the annual flu shot during the 2024–25 season, which represents a 4.2% drop from the year before and a 13.2% drop from before the pandemic.
That remains well below the Healthy People 2030 target of 70% coverage. In Europe, median vaccination coverage among children has increased modestly in recent years, with a 5% increase in 2021–22, a 10% increase in 2022–23, and a 7.2% increase in 2023–24. But, note the authors, there are significant disparities between countries.
“The gap between demonstrated vaccine benefits and actual uptake underscores the need to assess how we frame and deliver messages about influenza vaccine effectiveness,” Chow and colleagues said.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/doi/10.1542/peds.2025-073973/207111/Pediatric-Vaccine-Effectiveness-Against-Influenza?autologincheck=redirected
The US is now a nation of conspiracy theorist. Everything, and I mean everything, is part of a conspiracy theory, with vaccines having been ground zero for the mass delusion.
Half the parents wont vaccinate but will give their kid raw milk, make it make sense
I have seen two children previously fully healthy die from the flu. I’ve also seen them get intubated, a handful of them in fact. The fact a parent has the tools to keep them from suffering and dying and choosing not to do so is absolutely insane. When their kids get hospitalized, they claim they had „no time“ to get them vaccinated, vaccinations are offered in the fall through the entire winter, and even cvs will do it for you, time or convenience isnt an excuse