Triple Vaccinated More Likely Than Unvaccinated to Get Symptomatic COVID-19: Study
- Triple Vaccinated More Likely Than Unvaccinated to Get Symptomatic COVID-19: Study
by Zachary Stieber, https://www.theepochtimes.com/
People who received two or three doses of a messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to contract COVID-19 with symptoms, according to a new study. Researchers found that vaccinated people had higher odds of experiencing symptomatic COVID-19 than the unvaccinated, even if they had received a booster shot on top of a primary series.
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Researchers with the University of Utah and other institutions examined health care personnel, first responders, and other frontline workers from Dec. 14, 2020, to April 19, 2022. The participants submitted self-collected nasal swabs on a weekly basis, as well as when participants experienced signs of illness.
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Of those infected with COVID-19 since Omicron became the dominant virus strain in late 2021, 109 were unvaccinated and 634 were vaccinated. And of those, 85 unvaccinated people were symptomatic, compared with 216 people who received a primary series of a messenger RNA (mRNA) immunization—two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines—and 327 people who received a booster in addition to the initial doses.
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Researchers calculated the odds for contracting symptomatic COVID-19 and other outcomes and found that the unvaccinated participants were the least likely to experience symptomatic COVID-19.
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