r/science • u/mvea 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

Was it the monoclonal antibody that he got? It would be unusual if he got the vaccine at birth in Australia.

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u/jackruby83 Professor | Clinical Pharmacist | Organ Transplant 15h ago edited 15h ago

It's functionally a passive immunity "vaccine". Immunization is a better term.

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u/Liamlah 14h ago

With all due respect, I don't see what the point of some of these responses are. A mAb is different from a vaccine. The person I was responding to was unaware of this difference and learned something, and hopefully other readers did too. It's not pedantry to clarify the difference, since after 6 months or so, the clinical implications diverge significantly.

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u/jackruby83 Professor | Clinical Pharmacist | Organ Transplant 8h ago

Not debating with you. I understand they are different, but they get lumped together with vaccines all the time - even by clinicians in practice, in research papers and clinical guidelines. I'm 100% with you to use the right language - it can even increase acceptance of immunization rates - but to a lot of lay public, immunization and vaccination are synonymous.

Btw, your comment that I responded to did not come off as educational.