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"Many studies show that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of severe
disease, hospitalization, and death. There is less evidence about whether
COVID-19 shots make people less contagious.
New research, however, has found that COVID-19 patients who were vaccinated
against the virus were much less likely to infect household members than
unvaccinated patients, according to a study published today in
JAMA Network
Open.
Researchers studied 362 patients who saw a healthcare professional outside the
hospital because of COVID-19 symptoms and who also tested positive for the
SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study authors also followed up with about 760 of
patients’ household contacts.
Overall, 62% of household contacts of patients with the virus soon tested
positive for COVID-19.
But the household contacts of patients vaccinated in the past six months were
43% less likely to test positive than household contacts of unvaccinated sick
people, the study shows.
Although the vaccinated patients in the study still developed COVID-19, it’s
likely that the vaccine helped them by reducing the amount of virus in their
bodies, said Amesh Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for
Health Security, who was not involved with the new study. People with lower
viral levels cough shed fewer viruses when they cough or sneeze, making them
less likely to infect those around them."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Ebola - Hantavirus - Covid: May 28, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ebola-hantavirus-159447492
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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