The Marin County Public Health status update of Dec. 29 reported that RSV is spreading in Marin County long term care facilities, leading to two outbreaks with four hospitalizations and one death. Despite an effective vaccine, RSV vaccination rates among facility residents are low. Facility residents are dependent on their medical providers for vaccinations. Today, Marin Public Health issued an Advisory urging facility medical providers to offer residents the new RSV vaccine. Family members of facility residents should advocate for vaccinations against RSV, flu, COVID and pneumococcus.
In other health news, the Wastewater concentrations of SARS-CoV2 in Marin County are the highest they’ve been since April 2023. Virus levels are increasing in all 6 sampling regions within the county. The first local case infected with the emerging JN.1 variant has been reported.
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