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Fully Vaccinated Adults Aged 65 and Above 94% Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID

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eMediNexus    29 April 2021

A new CDC assessment has found that both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19-related hospitalization among adults aged 65 years and above.

It was found that fully vaccinated adults aged 65 and older had a 94% lesser likelihood of being hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to individuals of the same age who were not vaccinated. Furthermore, individuals aged 65 and above who were partially vaccinated had a 64% lesser likelihood of hospitalization for COVID-19 compared to those who were not vaccinated. 

People were considered partially vaccinated two weeks following their first dose of mRNA vaccine and fully vaccinated two weeks following their second dose… (CDC, April 28, 2021)

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