Pediatrician Dr. Mary King spends her Saturday night in the ICU, holding the triage phone at Seattle Children’s, answering call after call about small babies with the same symptoms. It’s not Covid or the flu. It’s RSV.
Typically, pediatricians see RSV cases surge from December through March, with February as the worst month. According to King, what’s happening now is very different, with more children, of a variety of ages, contracting the virus much earlier in the year.
What is RSV?
RSV is short for respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory virus that spreads every year in winter. It’s most common in small children, with the majority
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