Study: Two Shots Of Pfizer Or AstraZeneca Effective Against Delta Variant

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Two doses of Pfizer (PFE.N) or AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed.

Officials say vaccines are highly effective against the Delta variant, now the dominant variant worldwide, though the study reiterated that one shot of the vaccines is not enough for high protection.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirms headline findings given by Public Health England in May about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZN.L), based on real-world data.

Wednesday's study found that two doses of Pfizer's shot was 88% effective at preventing symptomatic disease from the Delta variant, compared to 93.7% against the Alpha variant, broadly the same as previously reported.

Two shots of AstraZeneca vaccine were 67% effective against the Delta variant, up from 60% originally reported, and 74.5% effective against the Alpha variant, compared to an original estimate of 66% effectiveness.

 

Source:

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/two-doses-pfizer-astrazeneca-shots-effective-against-delta-variant-study-finds-2021-07-21/

[gothicdream 39,655]

Hope Moderna is the same 

[tomsches 17,550]

I got Astra. In fact, in my country Astra is the predominant vaccine so I hope the delta variant won’t devastate us. 

[TheSlash 14,539]

I got one shot of each  . Does that mean I'm invincible now?

[Jill 31,812]

Just now, TheSlash said:

I got one shot of each  . Does that mean I'm invincible now?

What do you mean you got one shot of each? Are they using you as a lab rat or something  

[TheSlash 14,539]

1 hour ago, Jill said:

What do you mean you got one shot of each? Are they using you as a lab rat or something  

Here in Germany they used AstraZeneca for younger people of certain risk groups (which I belong to). But shortly after, due to the blood clotting, they decided that AstraZeneca may only be given to elderly people. The others with AZ would get either Moderna or Pfizer/Biontech as their second dose instead. And studies showed that two different types of vaccines are even more effective than only one.

And that, kids, is how I became invincible .

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Good that I will have both from Biontech

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17 minutes ago, TheSlash said:

Here in Germany they used AstraZeneca for younger people of certain riks groups (which I belong to). But shortly after, due to the blood clotting, they decided that AstraZeneca may only be given to elderly people. The others with AZ would get either Moderna or Pfizer/Biontech as their second dose instead. And studies showed that two different types of vaccines are even more effective than only one.

And that, kids, is how I became invincible .

 

You are so powerful, yup yup

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16 minutes ago, TheSlash said:

Here in Germany they used AstraZeneca for younger people of certain riks groups (which I belong to). But shortly after, due to the blood clotting, they decided that AstraZeneca may only be given to elderly people. The others with AZ would get either Moderna or Pfizer/Biontech as their second dose instead. And studies showed that two different types of vaccines are even more effective than only one.

And that, kids, is how I became invincible .

Yes! My first one was AstraZeneca and today I’ll be getting my BioNTech dose