Daily News | An RSV vaccine is being recommended for older adults, but a Penn survey found most know little about the disease
creating hours long waits in emergency rooms and filling hospitals to capacity. But how many people actually know how common the virus is?
Its similarity to the common cold can confuse many people about whether they should be concerned, said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the survey study and the Annenberg Public Policy Center at Penn.Here’s what you need to know about the virus, the survey, and what’s next for RSV vaccines.Prior to the pandemic, children nearly universally got sick with RSV by their second birthday. But only 2% of Americans knew this, Penn’s national survey found.
“There was also a lot of misleading information about vaccination during COVID that can cloud decisions that people are making now about vaccination,” Jamieson said.The CDC’s immunizations advisory committee has recommended that adults over 60 years of age “may” receive one of two currently approved RSV vaccines. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is likely to endorse the panel’s recommendation this week, clearing providers to start giving shots.
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