The first shot that protects all infants against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, won the unanimous backing of an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
Anyone with a small child very clearly remembers how brutal last years RSV season was. I bet adoption is going to be high, get it before they have supply constraints.
It will continue to get worse due to the antivax movement. They will go full swing against this vaccine.
It’s unfortunate that in the 21st century, we are moving backward in the world. We should be exploring the universe and cure all diseases. Yet, we have a large majority of Americans who want to take us backward.
And I think it’s going to be completely reasonable when parents of young children state those that refuse the vaccine aren’t going anywhere near their kids
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RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization among infants in the U.S. The shot, branded under the name Beyfortus, would provide families with a simple option to protect their babies during the respiratory virus season.
This is great news after last year. I saw so many sick babies and miserable kiddos. It’d be great to have something to let them avoid all of that!
Note that this is a monoclonal antibody injection and not a vaccine. This means that it will be way more expensive and protection will only last a few months at most. This is still a good thing for that are young and don’t mount great immune responses, but an actual vaccine approved for this age group is still needed.
So does that mean that you should wait until the baby catches RSV before injection?
Will the baby’s immune system not learn how to fight RSV then?
No this drug is actually approved for prevention and not treatment.
It probably would reduce the chance they would get sick and get natural immunity. However a RSV vaccine for infants is hopefully not far off so they can gain immunity that way.
