Respiratory syncytial virus
| Respiratory syncytial virus link (Virus, Disease) | |
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| A fancy name for the common cold. |
Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a very common virus causing infections of the respiratory tract. It presents as common cold in adults, and can effect more severe conditions in infants and the immunocompromised. In mid-August 2021, reports emerged of a massive increase of hospitalizations of children due to RSV in the United States.[1]
The sudden interest in renaming the common cold as the scarier-sounding RSV, coincided with the development of several "vaccines".[2]