‘Concerning Evidence’ Shows COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness ‘Waning’ Against Delta Variant.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that three new COVID-19 studies show that the efficacy of the vaccines has dropped among individuals who received their shots early on in the pandemic.
Citing three studies that were released by the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Walensky said on Aug. 18 that the vaccines’ efficacy decreases over time in preventing infection. Although protection against death and hospitalization is “holding up well,” the COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness is “waning” in even preventing severe illness or death, she said.
Even though our vaccines are currently working well to prevent hospitalizations, we are seeing concerning evidence of waning vaccine effectiveness over time and against the Delta variant,” Walensky said during a news conference in explaining why federal officials are now recommending that booster shots be given to Americans eight months after they’ve been vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna shots.
The two vaccines, the most widely used in the United States, were pegged at 95 percent and 94.1 percent effective, respectively, when granted emergency use authorization in December 2020.
But the efficacy against infection has plummeted to 53.1 percent for both vaccines, one of the new studies found.
Dr. Geert vanden Bossche comment: "Deep wounds are to be sewed. A simple bandage will not do the job. As far as pandemics are concerned, using vaccines which merely prevent severe disease and hospitalizations (i.e., put a ‘bandage’ on the pandemic) won’t do the job. These objectives are beyond inadequate as benchmarks for verifying the control over a pandemic. Short-sighted approaches never pay off: We lost control...We’ll need to pay the price, be smart and start from scratch again..."
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that three new COVID-19 studies show that the efficacy of the vaccines has dropped among individuals who received their shots early on in the pandemic.
Citing three studies that were released by the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Walensky said on Aug. 18 that the vaccines’ efficacy decreases over time in
preventing infection. Although protection against death and hospitalization is “holding up well,” the COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness is “waning” in even preventing severe illness or death, she said.
Even though our vaccines are currently working well to prevent hospitalizations, we are seeing concerning evidence of waning vaccine effectiveness over time and against the Delta variant,” Walensky said during a news conference in explaining why federal officials are now recommending that booster shots be given to Americans eight months after they’ve been vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna shots.
The two vaccines, the most widely used in the United States, were pegged at 95 percent and 94.1 percent effective, respectively, when granted emergency use authorization in December 2020.
But the efficacy against infection has plummeted to 53.1 percent for both vaccines, one of the new studies found.
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Dr. Geert vanden Bossche comment: "Deep wounds are to be sewed. A simple bandage will not do the job. As far as pandemics are concerned, using vaccines which merely prevent severe disease and hospitalizations (i.e., put a ‘bandage’ on the pandemic) won’t do the job. These objectives are beyond inadequate as benchmarks for verifying the control over a pandemic. Short-sighted approaches never pay off: We lost control...We’ll need to pay the price, be smart and start from scratch again..."