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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty much every child gets RSV by 2. [b]What is the reason to take precautions after the first couple months?[/b] If you are past the high risk period of the first three months and your kid WILL get it eventually, then there is not much point in taking extreme precautions.

It is really extreme to mask a healthy older kid just to calm your own anxieties. It also makes older kids hyper aware of germs when they are constantly told to not touch baby, etc, which can lead to their own health anxieties at a pretty young age.[/quote]

Because hospitals are running at 150% pediatric ICU capacity. It would be a nightmare this particular winter to do the RSV experience. [/quote]

A kid over 3 months has a less than 1 percent chance of being hospitalized for RSV. And less than 2 percent of those hospitalized will end up in an ICU. So it is a lot of time and energy preventing something that’s quite unlikely. Yes it would be awful to go through it, but the vast majority of parents in this area will not be going through it.[/quote]

I personally know three people whose kids were in the hospital in the last month with RSV, and not babies either. Plus the random celebrities who are talking about their experiences. I don't believe that 1% stat. [/quote]

I am not trying to be snarky but why would your personal experience be better for us to go off of than the CDC stats?[/quote]

Because those CDC stats are for normal years, not this year when rates are much, much higher. Have you not been following the news?[/quote]

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