As pediatric hospitals fill up with young children sickened by respiratory syncytial virus, doctors are worried that older adults will be the next wave to become seriously ill.
As pediatric hospitals fill up with young children sickened by respiratory syncytial virus , doctors are worried that older adults will be the next wave to become seriously ill.
“We are worried this year that we are going to see a record number of older adults get exposed to RSV,” he said. “RSV and influenza are two infections that have always had a disproportionate impact on the very young and the very old,” said Dawn Bowdish, Canada Research Chair in Aging and Immunity and an immunologist at McMaster University in Hamilton.
Even though there are many young children sick with RSV, they tend to recover, while elderly patients couldbe much harder hit, Sinha said. Unlike COVID-19 or the flu, there is currently no vaccine for RSV - making other prevention measures even more important, she said. Those include wearing a mask and not visiting your older loved one if you're feeling unwell.In a statement on Thursday, Health Canada said it had received a submission from GlaxoSmithKline on Oct. 25 for an RSV vaccine for adults 60 years of age and older.
Both Sinha and Bowdish say a safe and effective RSV vaccine would be an important tool for protecting seniors.
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