The first shot that protects all infants against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, won the unanimous backing of an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

  • frenchdresses@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So does that mean that you should wait until the baby catches RSV before injection?

    Will the baby’s immune system not learn how to fight RSV then?

    • gifferqqq@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      No this drug is actually approved for prevention and not treatment.

      It probably would reduce the chance they would get sick and get natural immunity. However a RSV vaccine for infants is hopefully not far off so they can gain immunity that way.