More than 40,000 flu cases have already been recorded this year, with the most affected age group children between 0 and 14. 9News
Rhodes said new data released today also found 1 in 5 parents aren't planning to vaccinate their kids at all.
"For many of those parents, there are still miss beliefs and confusion about the flu vaccine," she said."It's more fatiguing to face a dose of influenza and all the flow-on effects for the child and everyone in your home than it is to have another vaccine."Royal Children's Hospital pediatrician Dr Anthea Rhodes said more than 40,000 cases have already been recorded this year.
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