Messenger RNA Covid vaccines 66% effective against Delta: US study

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A number of studies have now concluded vaccine efficacy has dropped against Delta, even though the precise level of that drop differs between papers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been examining the real-world performance of the two vaccines since they were first authorized among healthcare personnel, first responders and other frontline workers.

By looking at the rate of infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated people and the amount of time they were tracked, vaccine effectiveness was estimated at 91 percent in the initial study period of December 14, 2020 to April 10, 2021. The report's authors said there were a number of caveats, including that the protection from vaccines could be waning over time anyway, and the 66 percent estimate was based on a relatively short study period with few infections.

 

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