00:00With the arrival of the cold, and therefore with the season that becomes colder, the seasonal infections are mainly respiratory infections.
00:17Many viruses and many bacteria can give respiratory infections, but there are some of these that manifest themselves more seriously
00:27and among the viruses, certainly the influenza viruses, obviously the covid, but the respiratory virus is a virus that we have often not diagnosed,
00:40especially in adult subjects, thinking that it was a prevalent infection of children, instead it is a virus that affects adult people
00:48and just as influenza and covid can give extremely serious manifestations that can lead to hospitalization, intensive care,
00:59and even in a small number of cases, in Italy it is estimated that there are at least 2,000 deaths a year due to the respiratory virus.
01:09The prevention of respiratory diseases, first of all, concerns the behaviors that we must have,
01:15so distancing, wearing a mask, washing our hands are excellent measures to try to prevent, to transmit the infection and to acquire the infection.
01:26But in addition to this, today we have vaccinations. Vaccinations are a fantastic tool to prevent respiratory infections.
01:35Today, finally, we also have vaccines for the syncytial respiratory virus, which was one of those viruses that we knew in its severity of manifestations,
01:47but for which we did not yet have a vaccine. Today we have it and therefore we have a new weapon also to prevent this serious infection.
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