New research shows vaccine boosters for COVID-19 nearly double a person’s protection against hospitalization with the omicron variant — and Utah patients helped supply the proof.
Data collected from Utah and nine other states show the vaccine booster is 90% effective in preventing hospitalization for the omicron variant of the virus, said Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious diseases physician for Intermountain Healthcare, which contributed toThat level of protection is a significant improvement over an unboosted, two-dose course of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
“Omicron is a different virus,” Stenehjem said in a news conference Friday. “The protection we have from a two-dose series just isn’t enough to protect against hospitalization and [emergency department] visits. A two-dose vaccine series, especially when that series was given six months prior, is not nearly as effective as someone who has had a boosted vaccine series.”
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