COVID 2024-25 vaccines 33% protective against emergency room or urgent care visits --study

COVID 2024-25 vaccines 33% protective against emergency room or urgent care visits, data reveal Data were too limited to draw conclusions about VE against critical illness for adults of all ages, the authors note. CIDRAP

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The authors estimate that COVID-19 vaccination averted approximately 68,000 hospitalizations during the 2023-24 respiratory season. These vaccines targeted the Omicron JN.1 and JN.1-derived sublineages. The authors say the new findings support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation that everyone 6 months and older should receive a COVID vaccine. ...

"COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates during the time frame of this analysis were relatively low compared with those during previous years, precluding estimation of VE against critical illness (i.e., intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, or death); VE against these outcomes has historically been higher and more sustained than that against less severe outcome," the authors included.

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