Auscandoc<p>“<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RSV</span></a> sends about half a million children to emergency departments in the U.S. every year; somewhere between 58,000 and 80,000 of those children end up being hospitalized. The <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CDC</span></a> estimates that between 100 and 300 children die from RSV in any given year.</p><p>In a Phase 3 clinical trial, the Pfizer <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vaccine</span></a> was shown to reduce the risk of severe <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/LowerRespiratoryTract" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LowerRespiratoryTract</span></a> disease caused by RSV by 82% at three months after birth and 69% at six months.” <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@HelenBranswell/110930337156889596" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scicomm.xyz/@HelenBranswell/11</span><span class="invisible">0930337156889596</span></a></p>