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While the risk of a severe case of COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated is extremely low (only 1 in 13,000 chances), it is more likely to occur in the elderly or immunocompromised, according to a new report. of the centers. for disease control.
The three U.S.-approved COVID-19 vaccines, from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, are highly effective in preventing serious illness or hospitalization. Of the more than 173 million people nationwide who were vaccinated on August 30, there were only 12,908 serious COVID-19 infections that required hospitalization or ended in death.
And in these rare cases, most patients were older or immunocompromised. About 70% of advanced cases that required hospitalization were in people 65 years of age or older and about 87% of advanced cases that resulted in death were also found in this age group.
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Of the fully vaccinated people hospitalized with COVID-19, the mean age was 73 years and about 71% had three or more pre-existing conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases.
Meanwhile, unvaccinated people hospitalized for COVID-19 had a much lower average age (59) and a lower percentage, 56%, had three or more pre-existing conditions.
“The risk of infection, hospitalization, and death is much lower in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated people,” the CDC said.
In August, the Food and Drug Administration approved that immunocompromised individuals receive a third dose of Moderna’s Pfizer or COVID-19 vaccine for additional protection against the virus.
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Another recent CDC report showed that unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to fully vaccinated people. The vaccine also makes people five times less likely to become infected and 10 times less likely to require hospitalization.
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This look at “cases, hospitalizations, and deaths of COVID-19 in 13 states and offers more evidence of the power of vaccination,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a briefing on COVID-19 White House Friday.
“As we have shown, study after study, vaccination works,” he added.
As of Sept. 14, just over 62% of the U.S. population (or 209,701,005 people) has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 53.9% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Of the population that meets the requirements for the vaccine, people aged 12 or over have received at least one dose and 63.1% are fully vaccinated.
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