The Biden administration is pushing vaccines for Covid-19, the flu, and RSV in order to avoid a “tripledemic.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky recently endorsed recommendations for RSV vaccines from GSK and Pfizer, the first of their kind approved in the United States.
A statement from the CDC encouraged Americans over 60 years old and/or are immunocompromised to receive an RSV vaccine as well as updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
“Adults at the highest risk for severe RSV illness include older adults, adults with chronic heart or lung disease, adults with weakened immune systems, and adults living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities,” according to a press release.
“These vaccines provide an opportunity to help protect older adults against severe RSV illness at a time when multiple respiratory infections are likely to circulate,” the CDC’s statement continued.
The CDC then encouraged healthcare providers to “talk to their adult patients about what other vaccines they will need this fall to help prevent respiratory infections.”
Reporting from The Post Millennial:
In an interview with the New York Times, Boston Children's Hospital vaccine program director and Food and Drug Administration adviser Dr. Ofer Levy called the availability of vaccines against RSV, Covid, and the flu a "godsend" for vulnerable Americans. He noted that tens of thousands die every year as the result of viral infections. Levy suggested eligible Americans should get all three shots at once, however other experts warned against the idea, saying it would be safer to spread them out to avoid complications.
