According to a federal study released on Wednesday in the United States, the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are instrumental for the older adults, the most vulnerable age group, in their fight against the deadly infectious virus by reducing the risk for severe infection and death.
The results of the study are reassuring as it proves the efficiency of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccination to combat the novel coronavirus in the real world as they did in the clinical trials, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the CDC, the study released on Wednesday brought to light that fully vaccinated adults 65 and older were 94% less likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 than people of the same age who were not vaccinated and as for the older adults who were partially vaccinated were 64% less likely to contract the deadly infectious disease than the ones who were unvaccinated.
The data shows that about 68% of adults 65 and older in the United States which consists of more than 37 million people have been fully inoculated. Since studies confirmed that the risk for contracting the novel coronavirus increases with age and this age group is the most at risk in the face of this pandemic, CDC has made it a priority to vaccinate the older adults. Read more
"These findings are encouraging and welcome news for the two-thirds of people aged 65 and up who are already fully vaccinated," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said in a statement. "COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective and these real-world findings confirm the benefits seen in clinical trials, preventing hospitalizations among those most vulnerable."
While the Indian government has been stressing the point for all the citizens to wear masks to break the chain of transmission even at home, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new guidelines on Tuesday stating that fully vaccinated people can refrain from wearing masks for both indoor and outdoor activities.
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