Which COVID vaccine is most effective against hospitalization?

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 23 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The study, which came out just as the advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration was debating whether to provide Pfizer booster shots to the entire US public, also showed that the Pfizer vaccine's effectiveness begins to wane after about four months.

The advisory panel recommended administering a booster shot to adults over the age of 65, healthcare workers and people at high-risk for developing severe disease - a decision that was authorized by the FDA on Wednesday.

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Specifically, the study of around 3,700 Americans over the age of 18 hospitalized at 21 centers throughout the country between March and August showed that Moderna was 93% effective against preventing hospitalization, Pfizer 88% and Johnson & Johnson 71%.

With the confidence level, the CDC said that "these real-world data suggest that the two-dose Moderna...