On the cusp of respiratory virus season, experts offer their guidance to primary care physicians about how to advise patients about vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.
Although I'm an infectious disease consultant, I still have a small primary care practice. So, I field questions for my patients all the time, and many patients, especially those with health problems, are worried about the big three: RSV, COVID, and influenza — at least, my more motivated patients are.
People frequently ask if they need the COVID booster. I think that's been something many people think maybe they can avoid. The good news is that the early in vitro data suggest that the XBB1.5x-based vaccine seems to offer sufficient neutralizing activity against the circulating newer variants since the vaccine was approved earlier this year.
For people over 75, I have been advising the RSV vaccine because that is a group we tend to see hospitalized with RSV; they're the highest-risk group, similar to COVID. The older you are, the more likely this infection will land you in the hospital. You can acquire RSV even if you don't have young grandchildren around.You have called respiratory virus seasons unstable? What does it mean, and what is the significance for clinicians?It's less predictable than in the past.
I think we have to rely more on tests to treat these patients. Options include having point-of-care testing in the office for rapid results for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 or home antigen testing. There are home kits that do test for both if influenza is known to be circulating significantly in the community. But there are still barriers. For one, COVID and COVID/influenza antigen kits are no longer free, although some health insurance companies do provide COVID kits free of charge.
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