Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.should help settle debates over whether people who have been infected should bother getting vaccinated. They should, the researchers said.
"We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. Researchers across the country collected data on 7,000 people treated at 187 hospitals in nine states for COVID-19-like illnesses between January and September. All were tested for coronavirus. Those who were not vaccinated were 5.49 times as likely to test positive for coronavirus as those who had been vaccinated within the past three to six months -- even if they had a recent COVID-19 infection.
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