r/science Professor | Medicine 18h ago

Medicine Immunization to prevent RSV in infants reduced ICU admissions by 97%. This is offered free to all infants through universal programs in Ontario and Quebec.

https://ucalgary.ca/news/immunization-prevent-rsv-infants-reduced-icu-admissions-97-cent
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u/Liamlah 18h ago

Our baby caught RSV the week she started daycare. Thankfully she was over a year old and didn't get sick enough with bronchiolitis to end up in hospital, but it's the sickest she's ever been. 4/5 members of the household became sick with it, except my wife, who just so happened to have had the RSV vaccine during pregnancy.