Report: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine guidelines. Now CDC recommends the shots in all seniors aged 75 and older and in those 60 to 74 years of age who are at risk of severe disease.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-0626-vaccination-adults.html
@CanisPundit I wonder why they don't include the rest of us.
@Coctaanatis the CDC does address that. In brief it comes down to risks from infection for a given population(immunocompromise, COPD ...). With children: The following children aged 8 through 19 months are recommended to get a dose shortly before or during their second RSV season:
American Indian/Alaska Native children
Children with chronic lung disease of prematurity ...
Children with severe immunocompromise
Children with severe cystic fibrosis
All others immune response is assumed sufficient
@CanisPundit My son didn't fall within those guidelines, when he was young, but his bout with RSV was scary. At times he couldn't breath. I spent many a night in a steaming bathroom holding him.