Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest
Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest
www.statnews.com Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest
New data released Thursday by the CDC suggest that the most recent Covid-19 booster offers about 54% percent protection against infection with the virus.
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What's even the point then?
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“We’re moving into the era of 50%, 60% percent efficacy. Reminds you of flu [vaccine], doesn’t it?” Monto said.
Link-Gelles agreed with the analogy, noting that in a good year, influenza vaccines offer protection in this range. “So this is kind of exactly where we would expect it to be for a vaccine for a respiratory virus in a population that has some underlying immunity to that virus.”