But masking and social distancing had entirely eliminated the flu in 2020, everyone was celebrating the victory! Anyway, now that the emergency situation has passed, the mandates can be ended and this decision returned to the parents. Especially since flu shots have caused significant harm to children in the past [0] and the lifelong effects of serial childhood influenza shots are poorly understood at best.

Anyone who wants to mandate shots which were studied in a grand total of 4500 kids, for less than a year, for a disease that does not pose a significant hazard to them in the absence of significant risk factors and comorbidities, is a fanatic, yes.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix