RSV is highly contagious — each person who contracts the virus can spread it to three other people.
If you have RSV, you’re typically contagious between 3 to 8 days.
Around 177,000 adults ages 60 and older in the U.S. are hospitalized each year with RSV — and an estimated 14,000 die because of their infection.
The recent surge of RSV in the U.S. has caused the number of older people who get RSV to increase nearly 10-fold. About 15 out of every 10,000 people older than 50 are hospitalized for their RSV infection.
Adults 60 and older, individuals who have chronic heart or lung disease and people who are immunocompromised are at high risk for complications with RSV.
The RSV vaccine is up to 94% effective in preventing severe disease in adults ages 60 and older.
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