RSV vaccine

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Third baby 16 weeks big age gaps between children I can't remember getting this vaccine with my older two , been offered it for later in pregnancy , is it safe ?

It’s a brand new vaccine. Being used across the World. Yes it’s a safe vaccine.
And RSV can be very bad for babies. (And can be the main cause of infant hospital admissions).
www.england.nhs.uk/2024/09/landmark-moment-as-nhs-kicks-off-first-ever-rsv-jab-rollout/

You're asking MN whether a vaccine recommended by the NHS is safe? Because MN is well known for it's immunisation research?

RSV can be very dangerous for young children. Have the vaccine.

Excuse me I'm
Not entirely sure why your so hostile it's a simple question , wanting information from people who have had it , I've never heard of it before or had it with my older two children , obviously I'm going to research it , I'm just asking for what peoples opinions are on this

My son has been very very ill with RSV these past few days. He’s finally turning a corner. Don’t take risks - RSV can be very serious for babies. If you have the choice to protect them, why not take it.

I had the RSV vaccine in September and it was fine. RSV can be really serious in babies, so I wanted to do everything I could to protect my baby.

Yes I'm going to get the vaccine , I just wanted to no if anyone had any side effects , if there baby was ok , did the vaccine work ect

Good to hear that you are getting the RSV vaccine, it's really important and RSV is really dangerous.

Unfortunately because the Covid vaccine was pushed on to people the majority of which that didn't really need it then sadly there has been a bit of counter action against other vaccines.

It's crazy to think that some parents even vaccinated their children against Covid when from a risk profile they would have been way better off vaccinating against chickenpox and RSV.

I had the RSV vaccine 2 days before I gave birth in September. It had just come out 1 day before, and although there probably wasn't enough time for any of it to have gotten into my baby, I'm glad I did, just incase there is the tiny glimmer of protection. No side effects apart from slightly sore arm.

It's new in the UK. And it is incredibly exciting. RSV is a leading cause of not just hospitalisation but PICU admissions in young babies. In winter the wards are full of babies on oxygen, breathing support, and NG feeds. The majority due to RSV. Even a partially effective vaccine will revolutionise paediatrics. I haven't been this excited since the meningitis B jab came out.

That’s absolutely ridiculous. Covid is underplayed not over played. In terms of initial infection but also long covid.

I had it a month or so ago - it was fine. I didn’t even get a dead arm. You’ll be fine.

I had it on Monday and felt absolutely dreadful on Tuesday - headache, achey limbs, shivering - but seem ok today after an early night. Like with all vaccines, I think it's just the luck of the draw as to how you react! No one else I know had any side effects with RSV, but some were a bit fluey after whooping cough. By contrast I didn't even have a sore arm after I got my whooping cough jab.

RSV kills between 20 to 30 babies a year in the UK.

We've all currently got RSV and Covid together and my god it's horrible. We're vaccinated for Covid but I wish I'd known about an RSV vaccine last week, I would have jumped on it as DS (then 3) had RSV two years ago and ended up in hospital for 3 days with it and I never want to see him that ill again.

@Youthinkyoureuniqueyourejustastatistic

"That’s absolutely ridiculous. Covid is underplayed not over played. In terms of initial infection but also long covid"

That depends on what age group you are looking at. Covid is indeed dangerous to the elderly and CV in the same way flu and pneumonia is, all of which a vaccination is strongly recommended.

It shocked me that so many parents rushed to get their children vaccinated against Covid when children and young adults were at negligible risk from Covid.

Yet at the same parents time fail to get their children vaccinated against RSV or Chickenpox (both of which has been available privately for years) both of which are far more dangerous to children than Covid ever was.

My youngest has just had the rsv first time I had heard of the vaccine then midwife told me about it for pregnant women yesterday and told me to have a think and research it , which I thought abit strange hence the question on here , il certainly be getting it without question

I had the RSV vaccine at the same time as the flu vaccine about a month ago and I didn't have any sort of reaction whatsoever.

Yes it's a new vaccine here, but it's been trialled on hundreds of thousands of people across the US and Europe before it was rolled out over here. As I'm due next month and having a winter baby right in flu/rsv season I wanted to make sure I could offer her at least some protection.

Covid is still dangerous for babies…
https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(24)00473-6/fulltext
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.12.24317146v1.full.pdf

Children are also suffering from long Covid.

You have absolutely no idea of the long term repercussions of repeated Covid infection in such short time periods.

There have been lots of report of correlations with increase in type 1 diabetes, increase in infant heart defects at birth, measured brain changes.

You cannot say Covid isn’t dangerous for kids and they shouldn’t have been vaccinated. They may be less likely to die from initial infection but we know death isn’t the only issue with infection (and some children still died and are still dying now from Covid).

@Youthinkyoureuniqueyourejustastatistic

"You cannot say Covid isn’t dangerous for kids and they shouldn’t have been vaccinated. They may be less likely to die from initial infection but we know death isn’t the only issue with infection (and some children still died and are still dying now from Covid)"

Just look at the data for deaths from Covid in your link for 2023
Deaths under 1: 4
Deaths under 4: 7

Which is similar to chickenpox with 4 children under 4 dying from it but with many more suffering from long term effects.

Compared to RSV with 83 children dying with the majority under 1.

Of course any children dying from any cause is tragic but relatively speaking Covid is not a danger to children.

I had the rsv vaccine and had no side effects definitely recommend getting it but make your own decision

I had the RSV vaccine in September when I was 37 weeks pregnant which was as soon as it was offered. No side effects and baby was born healthy at 41 weeks, so far no RSV but obviously he might well not have caught it anyway so hard to say in that sense if the vaccine "worked" but I would be confident recommending it to others

My baby is currently in hospital with RSV. Please, if you are offered the vaccine, take it. I wasn't offered it (as baby born before campaign started) and I wish I had been, because it might have spared my LO all this.

Going through the same thing right now. It’s been a terrifying week. Hope you’re little one will be ok soon.

Thank you, same to you & your LO. Really upsetting seeing them ill like this. And my LO only has a relatively 'mild' version, on the scale of RSV hospital admissions. No one wants to see their baby on oxygen 😭

RSV season has hit hard where i work. It doesn’t just affect babies also poorly toddlers and young children also sick needing medical treatment. Almost all are swabbing positive for RSV with the odd covid positive.

Paediatric staff have their fingers crossed this will be effective in the next years admissions because it’s an awful illness. Although there seems to be many more kids not immunised for anything at all( parent choice) so i doubt those families will be swayed tbh.