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Today, Explained

A vaccine for RSV

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A respiratory virus called RSV has a lot of kids in critical condition and hospitals overwhelmed. Vox public health reporter and epidemiologist Keren Landman explains newfound hope for a vaccine. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

A lot of kids in America are sick right now.

0:03.0

There's the flu, there's still that lingering pandemic, but the big problem appears to be

0:08.7

RSV, respiratory, sensational virus.

0:12.9

Authorities say it is the worst pediatric care crisis in decades.

0:16.6

Well here's an alarming number 99% of pediatric beds are now full at one of the nation's top

0:22.3

hospitals.

0:23.3

I'm worried about the kids getting sicker and the lack of beds being able to fit them

0:28.5

all in for the care that they need.

0:30.4

And it is a virus very well known to all of us whether you realize it or not, it is an

0:35.6

extremely common cause of colds every cold season.

0:38.9

But for babies this is no common cold, it's critical and this has been a particularly brutal

0:44.9

year.

0:45.9

The hospitals are at or above capacity and the emergency departments are seeing double

0:49.4

volumes from what they were ever seeing before COVID.

0:52.4

But it's not all bad news.

0:53.8

You might have some viable vaccines, the details are forthcoming on today's point.

1:01.2

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1:03.9

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1:09.6

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1:14.6

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1:16.7

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1:18.5

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