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New results from England- and Scotland-based studies suggest that the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination program is effective at reducing hospitalizations and the risk of contracting the disease.
Preliminary findings from a study of the Scottish population found that there were 85 percent fewer hospital admissions for people who received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine four weeks prior compared with those who were unvaccinated. Similarly, one shot of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s version was tied to a reduction in hospitalizations of up 94 percent, according to the Associated Press. The results, which have not yet undergone peer review, were posted to The Lancet’s preprint site on February 19.
A second study, which was posted to The Lancet’s preprint site on February 22, of health care workers in England found that one shot of Pfizer’s vaccine was associated with a reduced risk of contracting the disease by 70 percent, while ...
