Vaccinated Alaskans who'd gotten a booster shot were less likely to come down with symptomatic COVID-19 during the omicron wave than vaccinated Alaskans who were eligible but not boosted, according to research published this week:
Tri Huynh gets a COVID-19 booster shot at a clinic at Tikahtnu Commons in East Anchorage on October 21, 2021.
And while omicron has driven up cases among not only the unvaccinated but those who are vaccinated as well, vaccinated Alaskans who received their booster shots were much better protected against symptomatic COVID-19 compared to their un-boosted counterparts during the state’s current surge.published Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
“One way to think about this analysis is it shows that the vaccines do continue to work against the omicron variant,” he said.in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month found that three doses of an mRNA vaccine provided better protection against the delta variant and especially the omicron variant of the virus.
That turned out to be around 5,184 people total, over half of whom got tested in Anchorage. Out of the group, 2,318 tested positive and 2,866 tested negative. “The distinction in boosted versus not boosted between these two groups is a signal that all else equal, the boosting is making a difference in how likely people are to have COVID,” Mooring said.
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