Dr. Shana Johnson, a rehabilitation and physical medicine physician in Scottsdale, Arizona, was not involved in the CDC study but reviewed its findings.
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The news, Johnson said, is that the bivalent mRNA vaccine protects against the more severe effects of COVID-19, adding hospitalization and critical ailments (ICU admission and death), Johnson said.
The worst news: The durability or duration of coverage isn’t great, he noted.
Adults who are not up-to-date on their COVID-19 booster doses will likely have “relatively small remnant coverage” from hospitalization compared to those who have not been vaccinated at all, a new CDC study suggests. (Stock)
“For adults, vaccine effectiveness dropped from 62% at two months after vaccination to 24% at 4 to 6 months for coverage rather than hospitalization for COVID-19,” Johnson said.
“Greater durability in the prevention of critical illness by COVID-19, by 50% 4 to 6 months after vaccination. “
The vaccine has been shown to be effective for longer periods of time in other people without immunocompromised situations (weakened immune systems).
“The effect of the vaccine in reducing the severity or preventing a long COVID is eternal. “
“This information updated recommendations allowing optional additional doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for certain high-risk populations,” the CDC said in a discussion of the study findings on its website.
“All eligible Americans will need to stay current on recommended COVID-19 vaccinations. “
Despite the CDC’s September 2022 advice that all vaccinated Americans over the age of 12 get a booster dose, the vast majority of Americans have not gotten one.
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As of May 10, 2023, 1 in five U. S. adults (20. 5%) gained a bivalent booster dose.
And the organization’s top had won its last dose of vaccine more than a year ago, the CDC reported in the study results.
As of May 10, 2023, only 1 in five U. S. adults (20. 5%) had received a bivalent booster dose, and most people at this organization had received their last dose of the vaccine more than a year ago, the CDC reported in the test results. (Stock)
“Adoption has been pretty low,” Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.
“It makes a lot of sense for adults, especially those in high-risk groups, as well as the elderly and others with chronic situations, to have a bivalent vaccine if they haven’t already received it. “
Dr. Siegel was not involved in the CDC study.
As cases and deaths continue to decline in the U. S. In the US, Siegel warned that “COVID is still with us,” bringing up the “huge” outbreak that is happening lately in China.
“Here in the U. S. , with the XBB subvariants predominant, we have much more population immunity than China,” he noted.
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“This immunity is due to past infections and vaccinations,” he said.
“But the effect of the vaccine in reducing the severity or preventing a long COVID is not eternal; After a year, that effect has been significantly reduced,” he also said.
“This study looked at the durability or length of time that the bivalent mRNA vaccine protects others from hospitalization and severe illness due to COVID-19,” Johnson told Fox News Digital.
What the study didn’t test for was prior COVID-19 infection or natural immunity, he explained.
“For adults, vaccine effectiveness dropped from 62% at two months after vaccination to 24% at 4 to 6 months for coverage rather than hospitalization for COVID-19,” one doctor said. (Stock)
“The authors note that since a portion of the population has experienced COVID, they have some point of coverage as opposed to herbal immunity, but the vaccine provides more benefits,” he said.
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“Natural immunity confers an advantage, but the vaccine provides broader coverage, which protects against more variants. “
Melissa Rudy is a fitness editor and lifestyle team member at Fox News Digital.