CDC: Monovalent Vax Has ‘Limited’ Protection Against BA.4/5 Hospitalization
A monovalent mRNA booster dose offered “limited” protection against COVID-related hospitalizations from the currently circulating Omicron variants, a CDC analysis found, likely due to the waning effects of the vaccines and potentially more immune evasion with BA.4/BA.5. In immunocompetent adults, vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization with three doses of mRNA vaccine dropped from 69% (95% […]
Over 10% of COVID Hospitalizations Involve Immunocompromised People
Immunocompromised individuals made up 12.2% of all COVID-related hospitalizations, despite accounting for only about 3% of the U.S. population, a CDC report showed. And once hospitalized, there was no difference in the risk for death between vaccinated and unvaccinated immunocompromised patients, reported Jason Robert Singson, MPH, of the California Emerging Infections Program in Oakland, and […]
All COVID Deaths in the Unvaxxed; U.S. Life Expectancy Slides; Trump Had It Bad
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Nearly all new COVID-related deaths in the U.S. are in people who haven’t been vaccinated, as only 0.8% of deaths in May were among fully vaccinated individuals. (AP) As of 8 a.m. EDT today, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 33,591,369 cases and 603,181 deaths, increases […]