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RSV vax reduces seniors' RSV hospitalization risk by 58%

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RSV Shots Show Lasting Benefit in Adults, Cut Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations

RSV vaccines were 58% effective at preventing RSV-associated hospitalizations among adults age 60 or older across two seasons.

 

"Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination packed a protective punch that lasted beyond a single season and extended to cardiorespiratory benefits as well, according to a U.S. case-control study and a Danish randomized clinical trial.
 
Among 6,958 U.S. patients, RSV vaccines were estimated as 58% effective (95% CI 45-68%) at preventing RSV-associated hospitalizations among adults age 60 or older across the 2023-2025 RSV seasons. Effectiveness rates were 69% for same-season vaccination and 48% for prior-season vaccination (P=0.06), reported Diya Surie, MD, of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in Atlanta, and colleagues.
 
The protective effect was particularly pronounced among older people. While vaccine effectiveness over that two-season stretch was 46% among adults ages 60 to 74 years, the percentage climbed to 68% among those 75 or older, they noted in JAMA.
 
Respiratory aim, signal for cardiovascular benefit
A secondary analysis of 131,276 participants in the DAN-RSV trial from Denmark showed that RSV vaccine recipients were less likely than the unvaccinated to experience all-cause cardiorespiratory hospitalizations."
 
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I'd believe, you're pretty much in RSV's risk target group, as am I:

 

What Is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?

"Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that can infect the nose, throat, and lungs, and can make it harder to breathe. It spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or kisses someone, sending tiny droplets into the air. You can also get it by touching something with the virus on it and then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.

 

Burden

"Even though RSV often causes mild, cold-like symptoms, it can be serious for infants, toddlers, and older adults, and can lead to severe illness and hospitalization. In the US, RSV is the most common cause of hospitalization in children younger than 1 year old. [emphasis added]

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RSV is also becoming more recognized as a major cause of respiratory illness in adults. Each year in the US, RSV is estimated to cause 100,000-160,000 hospitalizations in adults age 60 years and older. [emphasis added]

 

The actual burden among all age groups is likely even higher due to underreporting of RSV infections."

 

https://www.nfid.org/infectious-disease/rsv/

 

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RSV Vaccination Could Protect Older Adults From Hospitalization Across Multiple RSV Seasons

 

September 4, 2025

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“These results clearly demonstrate that the RSV vaccines prevent hospitalizations and critical illness due to RSV infection among older Americans,” Wesley Self, MD, MPH, principal investigator for the IVY Network and senior vice president for clinical research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said in a news release. "It is exciting to see the public health benefits of this new vaccination program.” [emphasis added]

 

RSV Incidence and Vaccination Recommendations for Older Adults

Peak RSV season occurs in the fall and winter, with an estimated 110,000 to 180,000 RSV-related hospitalizations among US adults 50 years and older, accounting for nearly 4000 to 8000 annual deaths. RSV symptoms are typically mild and cold-like, including a congested or runny nose, dry cough, low-grade fever, sore throat, sneezing, and headache. Symptoms of severe infection include fever, severe cough, wheezing, rapid breathing or difficulty breathing, and bluish skin color....

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The CDC currently recommends a single dose of any of the 3 FDA-approved RSV vaccines—RSVPreF3 (Arexvy; GSK), RSVpreF (Abrysvo; Pfizer), or mRNA-1345 (mRESVIA; Moderna)—for all adults 75 years and older, along with individuals aged 60 to 74 years who are at increased risk of severe illness. Arexvy was the first RSV vaccine approved by the FDA in May 2023 for adults 60 years and older, followed by Abrysvo, also in May 2023, and mRESVIA in May 2024; however, their indications have been updated since their initial approval."

 

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https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/rsv-vaccination-could-protect-older-adults-from-hospitalization-across-multiple-rsv-seasons

 

 

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I'd believe, you're pretty much in RSV's risk target group, as am I:

 

What Is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?

"Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that can infect the nose, throat, and lungs, and can make it harder to breathe. It spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or kisses someone, sending tiny droplets into the air. You can also get it by touching something with the virus on it and then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.

 

Burden

"Even though RSV often causes mild, cold-like symptoms, it can be serious for infants, toddlers, and older adults, and can lead to severe illness and hospitalization. In the US, RSV is the most common cause of hospitalization in children younger than 1 year old. [emphasis added]

...

RSV is also becoming more recognized as a major cause of respiratory illness in adults. Each year in the US, RSV is estimated to cause 100,000-160,000 hospitalizations in adults age 60 years and older. [emphasis added]

 

The actual burden among all age groups is likely even higher due to underreporting of RSV infections."

 

https://www.nfid.org/infectious-disease/rsv/

 

Utter nonsense. Caused by a virus!

 

Simply fear-mongering to reinforce the $$$ Germ Theory.

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Germ theory denialism

"Germ theory denialism is the pseudoscientific belief that germs do not cause infectious disease, and that the germ theory of disease is wrong.

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Germ theory denialism is counter to over a century of experiments and practical observations, and the prevailing opinion of almost all doctors and scientists."

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A common thread among many alternative medicine proponents is opposition to vaccines, and some use their disbelief in germ theory to justify their claims."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism

 

And now for the AN Forum, our daily dose of "vaccines, vaccines, vaccines"

10 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Utter nonsense.

Next you'll be saying all diseases are caused by toxins. Minds like this belong from a several hundred year time warp back in time. The rest of us have moved on.

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53 minutes ago, howlee101 said:

And now for the AN Forum, our daily dose of "vaccines, vaccines, vaccines"

 

I guess that would be in response to this subforum's (no credible sources / Off the Beaten Track) daily doses off anti-vax, anti-vax, anti-vax nonsense...

 

With their typical sources being anonymous internet bloggers, doctors who've had their medical licenses or board certifications revoked for spreading misinformation, or various other assorted pseudoscience and conspiracy theory peddlers.

 

To use a medical analogy, every illness has its corresponding treatment.

 

 

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Every illness has its corresponding treatment.

Suggest you try apa.org 😉

23 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

A common thread among many alternative medicine proponents is opposition to vaccines, and some use their disbelief in germ theory to justify their claims.

 

 

What is a vaccine for? It is inextricably related to viruses; is it not?

 

I'll not speak for all, but my take is, that there is no such thing as a virus that causes disease. There is no such thing as a virus that is contagious. Infection through a virus is a myth.

 

The above lines are not just words. A virus - any virus - has never been isolated. Has never been shown to exist. Let along been shown to cause illness.

 

On to disease. I don't believe there are illnesses called diseases.

 

On to the immune system. I don't believe we have one.

 

So, put these beliefs together and is it any wonder that I, and 67 others in my group, don't believe in vaccines.

 

Nature has the answers we seek. If we seek them through observation and common sense. Not man-made $$$$ nonsense.

26 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I guess that would be in response to this subforum's (no credible sources / Off the Beaten Track) daily doses off anti-vaxer nonsense...

I've always wondered about your medical background? 

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12 minutes ago, sungod said:

I've always wondered about your medical background? 

 

I don't have a personal medical background other than five years of dealing with and tracking news reports involving COVID and various public health topics.

 

Which is why I rely on, and am guided by, experts in the fields involved, credible researchers, public health agencies and the like...  not anonymous internet bloggers and doctors who've had their medical licenses revoked for spreading misinformation, etc etc.

 

Which is why, unlike others here, I rarely express my own personal opinions about these kinds of health matters. Rather, I share the credible expertise and research findings of experts in the fields, and likewise call out when credibility is lacking.

 

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I don't have a personal medical background other than five years of dealing with and tracking news reports involving COVID and various public health topics.

 

Which is why I rely on, and am guided by, experts in the fields involved, credible researchers, public health agencies and the like...  not anonymous internet bloggers and doctors who've had their medical licenses revoked for spreading misinformation, etc etc.

 

Which is why, unlike others here, I rarely express my own personal opinions about these kinds of health matters. Rather, I share the credible expertise and research findings of experts in the fields.

 

 

Didn't think you had.....more of an obsession IMHO. 

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