We think of RSV as a respiratory disease that effects babies and children. 2024 is the second season where this deadly virus has spread to adults. RSV has caused 170,000 adult hospitalizations and 14,000 adult deaths annually.
There is no treatment for RSV once you get it. It’s a virus that has to run its course. The good news is there is now an RSV vaccine available for the first time for adults and recommended by the CDC for adults over 60 years of age.
Actress and producer Jennifer Beals contracted RSV and was out of work and life for months as she recovered, with terrible RSV symptoms of headache, runny nose, fever, cough, congestion, exhaustion.
Do the symptoms sound familiar? They are much the same as a common cold, Covid-19, flu. The only way to know what is happening is to get tested.
Better yet is to avoid the virus all together and get vaccinated. Now is the time.
Learn more in this video interview about Jennifer Beals’ story, and hear from Vaccine Researcher Leonard Friedland, MD.
You can also visit the website to learn even more. Don’t get sidelined by RSV!