Covid-19 vaccine has saved more than 3.8 million lives in US.. Study says

Covid-19 vaccine has saved more than 3.8 million lives in US.. Study says

Vaccines save lives. We know it, and we’ve known it for a long time. Vaccines have been used to prevent disease-causing infections and death in humans since the late 1800s, but they’ve only become widespread usage since the early 1900s when Edward Jenner invented the smallpox vaccine. Today, many vaccines are given as part of routine childhood immunizations—including those for diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella (German Measles) and whooping cough (pertussis). But other vaccines are given to adults too: some flu seasons require people to be vaccinated against influenza even if they don’t have any symptoms; others require some protection against diseases like hepatitis B or rabies when traveling abroad (or just being outside!). In fact, most countries require that all travelers get vaccinated before entering their borders!

Based on data collected so far, the vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson “have been at least 75 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infection”, according to the CDC.

The vaccines have also been shown to be safe for use in people who are not at high risk of getting infected with human coronavirus.

In addition to helping protect against disease, these new vaccines could also save money by reducing hospitalizations and other medical costs associated with respiratory illness caused by human coronavirus infections.

For those aged 65 and older, the biggest risk group for serious illness and death from Covid-19, the vaccines have been more than 80 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisation.

The study found that Covid-19 vaccines were more than 80 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisation among those aged 65 and older.

The vaccines have been most effective in people aged 65 and older, but they are not 100% effective, which means that some people will still get sick from the virus. But for those who do get sick, there is a strong chance that their condition will be milder than usual.

But experts say that because people can sometimes be hospitalised several weeks after they were infected and that a small number of vaccinated people can still get sick, it is unclear how much protection the vaccines offer against severe disease.

“The vaccine is not 100% effective,” said Dr Rebecca Edberg, an infectious diseases specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Vaccines save lives!

Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent disease. They help protect people from getting sick, and they can even save lives.

Vaccines work by stimulating your immune system so it’s able to fight off germs that cause sickness. The best way for you or a loved one to get vaccinated is through immunization (the injection), but there are other ways too: The vaccine is given in other ways like tablets, drops or sprays; or it may be given as part of a combination product such as MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine with varicella zoster vaccine (chicken pox).

Conclusion

The CDC estimates that the vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson “have been at least 75 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infection”, according to the CDC. For those aged 65 and older, the biggest risk group for serious illness and death from Covid-19, the vaccines have been more than 80 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisation. But experts say that because people can sometimes be hospitalised several weeks after they were infected and that a small number of vaccinated people can still get sick, it is unclear how much protection the vaccines offer against severe disease.