Since there are 58 million US adults over the age of 65, this calculates to only 0.1-0.2%

…r a similar number of hospitalizations as for infants, with a significantly higher mortality rate. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, 5–10% of patients above the age of 65 who are hospitalized due to RSV infection will die as a result. And this risk increases with increasing age.
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Since there are 58 million US adults over the age of 65, this calculates to only 0.1-0.2% of that population.
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