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While these findings show that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are highly effective for preventing COVID-19-associated hospitalization in older adults, they showed somewhat less protection in those over 65.
The findings in this report reaffirm the high protection of COVID-19 vaccines against moderate and severe COVID-19 resulting in ED and hospital visits, even during Delta variant predominance.
This CDC report confirms that rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are substantially higher in persons not fully vaccinated compared with those in fully vaccinated persons.
Coinciding with increased circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, COVID-19-associated hospitalization among children and adolescents rose nearly five-fold during late June-mid-August 2021.
Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food and the Effect of Increasing Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests on Surveillance--Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2012-2015.
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