Hospitalizations 'Extremely Uncommon' After COVID-19 Immunity
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 individuals who have been vaccinated or earlier infected with COVID-19 were hospitalized with a breakthrough infection.
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Fewer than 1 in 1,000 individuals who have been vaccinated or earlier infected with COVID-19 were hospitalized with a breakthrough infection.
A new Mayo Clinic study found that applies to people who have been vaccinated and those who had previous COVID-19 infections.
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E-Mail ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Ten days after receiving a second dose of a messenger RNA, or mRNA, vaccine for COVID-19, patients without COVID-19 symptoms are far less likely to test positive and unknowingly spread COVID-19, compared to patients who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna messenger RNA vaccines for COVID-19 are authorized for emergency use in the U.S. With two doses of a messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine, people with no symptoms showed an 80% lower adjusted risk of testing positive for COVID-19 after their last dose. Those are the findings of a Mayo...