What does "at increased risk" mean in this case?

Factual Questions
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I just got a text from CVS. It reads:

CVS Pharmacy: Hi [kaylasdad99] an RSV vaccine is recommended by the CDC for adults 60-74 at increased risk for severe RSV. Schedule yours here (then it gives a link that I won’t be reproducing here)

While I am between the ages of 60 and 74, how the hell do I determine if I’m at increased risk for severe RSV? Should I contact the CDC and ask them? And if so, why didn’t CVS tell me this on a day when the CDC is open?

And what’s the deal with the 74-year upper limit? Are 75-year olds immune to RSV? Or is the vaccine just ineffective for them?

ETA: And it says adults 60-74. What about children 60-74?

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It is advised for all … humans … who are 75 and over. 60 to 74 with conditions that increase risk. Implied is the idea that if you think your medical condition might place you at increased risk then ask your healthcare provider. Yes you can check the CDC site for their list of conditions but it’s a moderately long list and not everyone would be able to tell by reading it if they are on the list or not.

ETA link for your benefit.
RSV Vaccine Guidance for Older Adults | RSV | CDC.

3

Thanks for that comprehensiveImean wide-ranging response.

Still waiting to hear about children between the ages of 60 and 74, if anyone wants to chime in.

4

I get that there is no actual FQ here, just snarking on the wording.

FWIW the CVS communication lifts the verbiage from the CDC site. The distinction is between the two different groups of adults: those adults 60 to 74 and those adults 75 and over.

They are unaware of your emotional maturity.

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Elven children? Childish people ages 60 to 74?

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Children 60-74 months? Seems like a stretch.

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You could ask the Centers for Disease Control They list a whole bunch of increased risk factors, including but not limited to chronic heart disease, chronic lung disease, end-stage renal failure, and neurological conditions that may impair breathing.

OTOH, if you’re in pretty good health with no long-term problems, you probably aren’t at “increased” risk.

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I would think anyone in that age group who still has living parents could be called ‘children’.

I know that when I was in my 60’s, my mother in her 80’s still considered me her child and still told me what to do!

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It’ is a shame that English has no good word for “immediate descendants who are now adults” that doesn’t sound contrived or archaic.

I did know a woman who referred to her one adult offspring as, well, Offspring. They had a great parent-adult child relationship, but both were … eccentric. So IMO plain old “offspring” has been tried and doesn’t fill the bill.