The updated Covid booster shot is proving to be effective at keeping people — especially older adults — out of the hospital, according to two new studies published by the CDC.
. The booster targets the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 as well as the original coronavirus strain.estimated that the boosters are more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalizations in adults ages 65 and up.
"These data reinforce that getting booster shots this winter is important for people's health," said study leader Dr. Wesley Self, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.The analysis included 798 people ages 65 and up, nearly three-quarters of whom had underlying conditions. It was conducted from Sept. 8 to Nov. 30, during which time several, including BA.5 and the combination of BQ.1 and BQ.1.
"The pandemic is not as severe, fortunately, as it had been in the past," Self said."But there's still a risk, and these new booster shots do provide a level of protection above what people have if they had just their original vaccines."from the CDC released last month also found that the boosters worked better than previous versions of the vaccine to prevent infections.
But booster uptake remains low."There are 28 million people over the age of 65 that are eligible for this updated booster shot but haven’t gotten it," Link-Gelles said., just 35.7% of adults 65 and older have received the booster. Among all adults, the percentage falls to 16%., also published Friday by the CDC, found similar benefits.
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