On the basis of this data, we do think the intranasal flu vaccine (LAIV) is safe in children with egg allergy, we still need to analyze our data with regards to safety in children who also have asthma, but the preliminary data indicates that children with well-controlled asthma who are well at the time of vaccination do not experience any significant respiratory problems following LAIV.

Paul Turner

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On the basis of this data, we think it is highly unlikely that where a child experiences nasal symptoms, it is due to the egg in the vaccine, we think it's far more likely they are having symptoms due to other vaccine ingredients - in which case the risk of this in egg-allergic children is no higher than in any other child.

So I would argue that for these children, there is also a clear benefit of the vaccine on a personal level.