With winter in full swing, many Americans are preparing for the heightened risk of respiratory illness with a mixture of hope and concern.
New medical interventions offer reason to hope for a better shield against preventable disease, especially important for our vulnerable loved ones. But barriers to access and use remain a concern, mainly as hospitalizations for respiratory viruses are on the rise. Our nation’s response to respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, makes the issue clear: if we want to turn our hopes into reality, we must invest in our public health system to identify new threats and respond to them robustly.
The above excerpt was originally published in The Post and Courier.
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