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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, even with delta variant: Study

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, even with delta variant: Study

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, even with delta variant: Study

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine remains 90% effective at reducing a person's risk of hospitalization from the virus six months after it is administered, a new study has found. This is true even in the face of the delta variant as well as if the person has not received a booster shot.

No_limit_pictures/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine remains 90% effective at reducing a person's risk of hospitalization from the virus six months after it is administered, a new study has found. This is true even in the face of the delta variant as well as if the person has not received a booster shot. Still, when it comes to preventing infections, the vaccine's effectiveness wanes rapidly as time passes, the study found. After five months, it is just 47% effective at preventing infection. In the study, funded by Pfizer, researchers assessed data from Kaiser Permanente...