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Keanu__weaves t1_it7gb0a wrote

Reply to comment by BigE429 in Multiple Children’s Hospitals Are At Or Near Capacity Across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia by Maxcactus

Am i crazy for never hearing about this before? Is it very common?

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bitchesandsake t1_it7hdkh wrote

Yes, RSV is very common. No, you're probably not crazy for never having heard of it

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tyrannosaurus_r t1_it7juym wrote

Extremely common bug that I think was generally just called “a bad cold” or regarded as a generic respiratory infection until recent years. Not sure what the catalyst for public adoption of its real name (RSV) was— I’d guess the pandemic.

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Underscore_Guru t1_it7l6rg wrote

RSV is very common in newborn babies as well and is especially deadly to pre-mature babies.

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tyrannosaurus_r t1_it7lg0y wrote

Indeed. If there’s a bright spot to the pandemic, it’s at least that some folks are now cognizant of how dangerous even “routine” illnesses are.

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moosedogmonkey12 t1_it8ife2 wrote

Very common but mostly serious among young children so you’re not crazy. If you don’t have children or work with them it’s not crazy to not know. Adults do get it but we don’t really test for it so you’d just be sick with an upper respiratory thing for awhile.

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