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Adults Can Now Get the RSV Vaccine. Here’s Who Should Get the Shot and When
News Observer ^ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 | KIMBERLY CATAUDELLA

Posted on 09/12/2023 3:29:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Respiratory syncytial virus, usually shortened to RSV, is a common respiratory virus that can cause mild, cold-like symptoms. While most people recover within a couple weeks, the illness can be severe for infants and older adults, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

Earlier this year, the CDC approved an RSV vaccine for adults, adding another shot to combat the “tripledemic” we were in last winter between COVID, the flu and RSV.

Unlike COVID and the flu, medical professionals are not encouraging everyone to get vaccinated against RSV. In fact, only a handful of the population should get this vaccine.

Here’s what to know about who should get the vaccine and when.

WHO SHOULD GET AN RSV VACCINE?

Only a small portion of the population should get an RSV vaccine.

• This includes people who are 60 and older who have compromised immune systems and/or heart problems who would be deeply impacted by a flu-like virus, said UNC Health’s Dr. David Wohl.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: rsv; rsvvaccine
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1 posted on 09/12/2023 3:29:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Is this ANOTHER EUA vaccine? THREE brand new vaccines out of thin air.


2 posted on 09/12/2023 3:32:23 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Another mRNA vaccine. Nope...


3 posted on 09/12/2023 3:35:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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--- "Here’s Who Should Get the Shot and When"

Not a McClatchy news person to offer such advice.

The latest verbiage, "tripledemic" as its' been repeated, is...

M A R K E T I N G

4 posted on 09/12/2023 3:38:38 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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OMG, we are all going to die if we don’t get the latest EUA shot.


5 posted on 09/12/2023 3:40:57 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty sure I have all the vaccines I need.


6 posted on 09/12/2023 3:42:05 PM PDT by 13foxtrot
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What if they have learnt all the lessons they needed in the first roll out and now this one actually works. What is currently circulating is gonna wipe out humanity they know it and the new vax is the only way.

People won’t take it because of misinformation on the first vax and lack of mandates this time.

/s


7 posted on 09/12/2023 3:44:57 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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Pass.


8 posted on 09/12/2023 3:47:02 PM PDT by simpson96
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WHO SHOULD GET AN RSV VACCINE?

Nobody ...

9 posted on 09/12/2023 3:47:43 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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No and hell no


10 posted on 09/12/2023 3:52:38 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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NO ONE. 🚫😷💉🐴💩


11 posted on 09/12/2023 3:52:57 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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Hard pass.


12 posted on 09/12/2023 3:59:18 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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Nope. I’ll take my chances.


13 posted on 09/12/2023 4:01:32 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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Probably EUA, but they don’t announce it, of course.


14 posted on 09/12/2023 4:06:40 PM PDT by TheElectionWasStolen
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The RSV joke in the medical community is simple:

If you have RSV and have a culture and sensitivity done, you should get the results in 3/4 days.

The good news: most people are over RSV in a day or two.

I may have had it last Thursday and over it by Friday.

My wife may have it today, and she should be okay by tomorrow.

We are in our 80’s and not worrying.. The main symptoms are maybe a little fever and feeling blah all day.


15 posted on 09/12/2023 4:09:57 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Georgouia just crystallized Trump’s campaign with a copyright-free image winning him nomination!))
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A friend of my mom’s, over 60, no other issues that I’m aware of (but getting every shot she can ... COVID, boosters, now RSV), got the RSV shot last week. Two days after the shot, she was in the ER, then admitted due to problems breathing, low O2 sats. The diagnosis? RSV. She lives alone, wasn’t exposed to anyone but an adult daughter who is fine. She’s back home, but still feeling punk, wicked cough, O2 going up/down. She’s beginning to wonder if this isn’t a ‘reaction’ to the shot ...


16 posted on 09/12/2023 4:10:12 PM PDT by Qiviut (To the living, we owe respect. To the dead, we owe the truth (Voltaire) $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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You know DAMN well they are sneaking that into every single shot they can - covid, pneumonia, flu shot, shingles shot and whatever else they can.

They want Americans dead so the country can be give to others.


17 posted on 09/12/2023 4:47:42 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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My 26 yr old twin daughters almost died of it when they were 6 weeks old. One got a brain injury from it because she was vomiting. She was on a ventilator for 8:days.

My other daughter was on a ventilator for a month. She has terrible asthma whenever she gets respiratory illnesses.

Last year, I got really sick from RSV. It went into a bacterial infection and then I got costochondritis for a few months.

I really want this to be a good vaccine because I could use some help from RSV.


18 posted on 09/12/2023 4:48:28 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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Get another vaccine... didn’t get the jab for covid and I’ll NEVER get another vaccine ever.


19 posted on 09/12/2023 4:51:42 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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“Who should get an RSV vaccination?

1) Only a small portion of the should get an RSV vaccine, .. including people who are 60 and older with compromised immune systems...

That rules out most of the population.

2) .....young children and PREGNANT PEOPLE can also be candidates for RSV vaccine...

PREGNANT PEOPLE??? Any person can get pregnant? No. Only. Women. Can. Get. Pregnant.


20 posted on 09/12/2023 5:20:07 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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