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At least 12 days after the booster dose, the rate of confirmed infection was lower in the booster group than in the nonbooster group by a factor of 11.3 (95% confidence interval [CI], 10.4 to 12.3); the rate of severe illness was lower by a factor of 19.5 (95% CI, 12.9 to 29.5). In a secondary analysis, the rate of confirmed infection at least 12 days after vaccination was lower than the rate after 4 to 6 days by a factor of 5.4 (95% CI, 4.8 to 6.1).
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: Nirishman
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At least 12 days after the booster dose, the rate of confirmed infection was lower in the booster group than in the nonbooster group by a factor of 11.3 (95% confidence interval [CI], 10.4 to 12.3); the rate of severe illness was lower by a factor of 19.5 (95% CI, 12.9 to 29.5). In a secondary analysis, the rate of confirmed infection at least 12 days after vaccination was lower than the rate after 4 to 6 days by a factor of 5.4 (95% CI, 4.8 to 6.1).
It's not just israel doing tests. But they are the most widespread to use boosters.
If you're worried about getting covid and don't mind taking the vaccine it does seem to work. Tests have been ongoing to quite sometime it seems as well.
Neither the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor the CDC have extended booster eligibility yet to more of the general public. While all Johnson&Johnson recipients are authorized to get an additional shot, only high-risk Moderna and Pfizer recipients are eligible, per the agencies' guidelines.
But some states, like California and Colorado, have recently side-stepped the two agencies by expanding booster eligibility to all adults in their states already. "Allow patients to self-determine their risk of exposure," Tomás J. Aragón, MD, the director and state public health officer for California's Department of Public Health wrote in a Nov. 9 letter to local health providers. "Do not turn a patient away who is requesting a booster."
originally posted by: joejack1949
If it's any consolation, the covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations in Israel have plummeted since they've administered the 3rd shot.