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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the idea of RSV is worrying, but like flu, rarely leads to hospitalization. Assuming no preexisting health conditions — For these and other illnesses, I would not preemptively mask, but would just take usual precautions like washing hands, vaccines where possible, and monitor for symptoms and react accordingly.[/quote]

The risk of hospitalization due to rsv is 1-2% for infants less than 6 mo. But this is mostly composed of premature infants and infants under 3 months. The risk is the same as it has always been, but the hospitals are full because everyone is getting it at the same time.

A few years ago, we wouldn’t have taken extra precautions for a healthy full term 6 month old due to rsv (risk of hospitalization - low, impact of getting sick- moderate). Today you have to weigh in the risk of less than optimal treatment due to full hospitals (risk of hospitalization low, impact of getting sick + oversubscribed resources - moderate to severe). So I would make my decision on how comfortable I am with the low risk of bad outcome from rsv for a healthy full term infant (probably <1%) and how full the local hospitals are.

Depending on your risk tolerance you could decide that it’s a low enough risk and the impact of isolating your kids is not worth it. Or you could decide to take precautions like staying at home and masking until hospitals are not as full. RSV will come to your household eventually, it’s just a matter of when. [/quote]

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