PFIZER, MODERNA JABS 94% EFFECTIVE AT KEEPING US SENIORS OUT OF HOSPITALS, CDC STUDY SHOWS

Thu 06 May 2021:

Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have proven 94 percent effective in preventing hospitalization of patients aged 65 and older, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

“Effectiveness was 94% among adults who were fully vaccinated and 64% among adults who were partially vaccinated,” a CDC report said.

“This multisite U.S. evaluation under real-world conditions suggests that vaccination provided protection against COVID-19–associated hospitalization among adults aged ≥65 years,” the CDC wrote in the study. “Vaccination is a critical tool for reducing severe COVID-19 in groups at high risk.”

The study based its findings on data from 417 patients at least 65-years-old who were hospitalized during the first three months of 2021 – 187 with COVID-19 and 230 who were virus free.

Among the infected patients, 18 were partially vaccinated and one was fully vaccinated.

The 3-month examination of data drew from 24 hospitals in 14 states.

Researchers relied on a mathematical probability model based on the likelihood of a hospitalized COVID-19 patient having been vaccinated to extrapolate estimates of vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization, according to the report.

Health officials had previously said Covid-19 hospitalizations among older Americans, who are at increased risk for severe disease, have tumbled since the shots first became available in the United States late last year.

Earlier this week, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Americans should begin to see a turning point in the pandemic “within a few weeks” as the U.S. continues to vaccinate Americans at a rapid pace.

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