Older people also appear to be vulnerable to RS virus, doctors advocate vaccinations

Not only for babies, but also for the elderly with chronic lung diseases such as COPD and severe asthma, the RS virus can be life-threatening. If it is up to pulmonologists, they should get a vaccine just like babies, but the question is whether a shot that is suitable for the elderly will also be reimbursed. In medical circles, there is a consensus that the vulnerable elderly with a lung disease should get the shot. Lung doctors see this patients often enter the emergency room very ill during the winter and have them admitted.