Covid: vaccinated older people have fewer covid hospitalizations
The MMWR just published a report on mRNA effectiveness in older adults ( see https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7018e1.htm , or covid elderly hospitalized vaccine works MMWR2021 in dropbox ) Details: -- 417 hospitalized adults at least 65 years old from 24 hospitals in 14 states were assessed; 187 case patients who had been partially or fully vaccinated with either the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccines were compared to 230 controls, during January 1 to March 26, 2021 -- these patients were admitted with “Covid-like illness” (the presence of fever, feverishness, cough, sore throat, myalgias, shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of taste, loss of smell, respiratory congestion, increased sputum production, new oxygen saturation <94%, new requirements for invasive or noninvasive mechanical ventilation, or new pulmonary findings on chest x-ray consistent with pneumonia) -- all patients received clinical testing for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR or anti...