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Rerlangen.bsky.social

As winter approaches, we expect flu and RSV to increasingly circulate too, so if you’re eligible to get vaccinated against the three main winter threats – Covid-19, flu and RSV – now is the time to take them up and get winter strong www.standard.co.uk/news/health/...

Covid hospitalisations on the rise in London amid spread of XEC variant
Covid hospitalisations on the rise in London amid spread of XEC variant

UK Health Security Agency officials have urged anyone eligible to come forward for a booster vaccine

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SPstillwaving.bsky.social

Our surgery were doing both together. Waiting for OH to be contacted for RSV

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MBmelle.ca

There's RSV now, too. Though 5 in one arm at the same time might be a bit much.

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EWewyler.bsky.social

Eine Alternative dazu ist die Impfung der Schwangeren gegen RSV einige Wochen vor Geburt ("Abrysvo"). Der Impfstoff ist zugelassen, es liegt aber bisher keine Empfehlung der Stiko vor. Links: Stiko-Empfehlung: www.rki.de/DE/Content/I...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... … (5/6)

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EWewyler.bsky.social

In Deutschland müssen jährlich 20000 Neugeborene wegen RSV ins Krankenhaus. Ziel der neuen Prophylaxe in Form einer Antikörperspritze ist es, die (unvermeidliche) Erstinfektion mit RSV hinauszuzögern: je älter, desto weniger schwer ist die Krankheit. … (2/6)

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EWewyler.bsky.social

Jetzt beginnt die Zeit der Atemwegsviren. Eines davon, RSV, ist für Neugeborene besonders gefährlich. Jetzt gibt es als neue Schutzmöglichkeit eine "passive Immunisierung" für die Babies. Kurz zusammengefasst warum diese sinnvoll und empfohlen ist (Links am Ende): … (1/6)

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FFfullfact.bsky.social

Rather confusingly, the UKHSA X account posted a series of graphs to depict hospital admissions for Covid-19, flu and RSV. But despite being labelled “data 2023-24” these aren’t actually based on real figures. The post has now been deleted.

UKHSA posts graphs based on non-existent data - Full Fact
UKHSA posts graphs based on non-existent data - Full Fact

Graphs showing “data for 2023-24” posted by the UKHSA on X aren’t actually based on real data.

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SKsusankiddie.bsky.social

This is quite the visual for all the people in your life who claim to have 'not Covid'. If in doubt, it's Covid. At the peak of the late-summer Covid wave, U.S. health systems were testing approximately evenly for COVID, flu, & RSV. *nearly all* positive cases were Covid.

Testing during summer Covid wave in the US.

27% RSV
33% Flu
40% Covid

Cases resulting from those tests

1% RSV
2% Flu
97% Covid
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