CDC said people should continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves and others. Because people who take the COVID-19 vaccine are less likely to die of other causes, they are also more likely to see doctors and seek medical treatment.
“Those who received these vaccines were more likely to get health care and less likely to postpone care for themselves or their families,” CDC said in a statement.
“This information can help clinicians and others at high risk for complications from COVID-19 vaccine use make better decisions about when and how often they should get vaccinated.
As of now, the CDC recommends that people who are over 60, pregnant or allergic to eggs receive two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine one month apart.
People aged six months to 59 years with high-risk conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma are also encouraged to be vaccinated against the disease.
The CDC recommends that people receive a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women without high-risk conditions if exposed to someone with the virus.
“Our findings should reassure those who might be concerned about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine as their own, or a loved one’s health may put them at higher risk for complications from the virus,” Xu added.
“They may instead opt to get vaccinated less often to protect themselves and their families from this virus.”
Cohort Study
A cohort study held the data of 11 million people who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. In December 2020-July 2021, a total of 1,917 patients receiving COVID-19 were diagnosed with the virus in a geographically diverse population.
After standardizing mortality rates by age and sex, researchers found that COVID-19 vaccine recipients had lower non-COVID-19 mortality than unvaccinated persons.
A total of 281 (3%) of the 1,917 patients reported that they had received more than one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. Of these, 486 (14%) reported receiving two doses, 524 (16%) received three doses, and 414 (12%) reported receiving four or more doses.
As for mRNA vaccines, there were 202 cases of COVID-19 infection among 1,824 vaccine recipients aged three years or older. Among the group who received the mRNA vaccines, there were 178 cases of COVID-19 infection compared with 362 infections in the group who did not receive any RNA vaccine.
People who took two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were 34% likely to die of any non-COVID-19 cause than those who were not shot, while those who took two doses of the Moderna vaccine were 31% as likely to die as those who were unvaccinated.
In contrast, CNN quoted the study stating that people who took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were 54% as possible to die as unvaccinated people.
The study approved that those who received mRNA vaccines had lower mortality rates than those vaccinated against the virus.
The CDC said this study affirms that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, but further research is needed to see if the same level of protection can be achieved in countries with different epidemiology, resources, and health care systems.
“More attention needs to be paid to vaccination coverage in high-burden, low coverage countries with poor access to healthcare,” Xu said.
“It is important for people seven to 10 years old who have not yet received COVID-19 vaccine, or who did so fewer than two times, to get the vaccine now,” the CDC said in a statement.
“This is especially true for children in families where several family members have died of COVID-19 infection. This study shows just how important vaccination can be for preventing disease and death.”
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