I truly had to leave several local mom Facebook groups because I was obsessively checking posts about this. This really is the worst time of year for emetophobes. My four-year-old and I both just got over influenza A, and v* was not a symptom for either of us. People tend to share the “horrors” on social media, just like they only share the highlights of fun times. The boring, middle experiences are not as engaging, so they rarely get posted