Here's How Well COVID-19 Vaccines Work Against the Delta Variant

[TomCADem]

While vaccines are not a force field, an unvaccinated person is 10 times more likely to be hospitalized from Covid then a vaccinated person. I got the Pfizer vaccines, but latest studies suggested that Moderna is slightly more effective against the Delta variant.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/heres-how-well-covid-19-vaccines-work-against-the-delta-variant

COVID-NET studyTrusted Source found that these three vaccines were between 80 and 90 percent effective against hospitalization with the Delta variant in people 75 and older in July. This was a slight drop from over 90 percent in the previous months.

A separate study that analyzed all adults in New York state found that vaccine effectiveness against infection declined from around 91.7 percent to 79.8 percentTrusted Source from May to July when the Delta variant spread.

An early release CDC studyTrusted Source analyzing the performance of the three vaccines against the Delta variant suggests they’re 86 percent effective at preventing hospitalization and 82 percent effective at preventing severe outcomes and urgent care.

Researchers also found that the Moderna vaccine offered the most significant protection at preventing hospitalizations at 95 percent. Pfizer-BioNTech was 80 percent effective at preventing hospitalization, and the J&J vaccine was about 60 percent effective at preventing hospitalization.

[LisaL]

1. Well I am sure glad I got Moderna.

I got boosted with Moderna too.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. How'd your 3rd shot hit ya the next day(s)? (nt)

[TomCADem]

4. I have a friend who is health worker who got a 3rd shot...

…since he was among the first to get the Moderna vaccine and he definitely felt the side effects with the 3rd shot, but given that he works with COVID patients all the time, he was one of the first to get the booster.

[LisaL]

5. For me I had escalating side effects with each dose.

So third dose was worse than the second, and second was worse than the first.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Thx. That's kinda what I expected ...

2nd was not fun but certainly not bad enough to make me regret it (at all).

If a 3rd is rec'd for me I'll be all over it, even if it's still worse than #2.

[central scrutinizer]

3. Good reminder to stay masked

18% risk of having a serious breakthrough infection. About the same as losing at Russian Roulette.