COVID vaccine boosters greatly lower risk of death in adults, emergency room visits in kids--new studies

Studies: COVID vaccine boosters lower risk of death in adults, ED visits in kids Boosters lower the risk of death among adults more than 90% and increase protection against severe disease in children aged 5 to 11 years by 77%, new data reveal. CIDRAP

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In CMAJ, a team led by University of Hong Kong researchers compared the death rate among adults with at least two chronic conditions who received two or three Pfizer/BioNTech or Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses from November 2021 to March 2022.

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In a study in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, a team led by Kaiser Permanente Southern California researchers estimated the protection of two or three doses of the Pfizer vaccine against Omicron-related ED and UC visits among children aged 5 to 11 years with respiratory infections from November 2021 to September 2022.

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