researchers looked at booster effectiveness at preventing omicron hospitalizations. they found that boosters were 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations, and the two shots were only 57% effective. and there s looking at 88,000 hospitalizations in ten states. now let s look at booster effectiveness at preventing omicron e.r. and urgent care visits. they looked at 200,000 visits in ten states. boosters were 82% effective, two shots just 38% effective. now, lastly, let s look at booster effectiveness at preventing omicron illness, just from getting sick with omicron. they looked at 13,000 cases. they found that the odds of becoming sick with omicron were 66% lower than for people who had a booster versus two shots. and just to remind everyone, here are the rules about boosters in the united states because they sort of changed around for a while last fall. so the rules are, the recommendations are, i should say, that everyone should get a
it s unclear why they have decided to do that. let s look at the three studies that came out from the cdc. they are large studies, and i will note they have been published. this is not a press release, they have actually been published. let s take a look at what they found. this is all omicron day which is super important because each variant has different. when you look at booster effectiveness when preventing omicron vaccination,s the cdc researchers looked at 88,000 hospitalizations in ten states. that s a huge number. boosters were 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations. two shots, 57% effective. booster effectiveness in preventing er or urgent care visits in omicron, 210 visits in ten states, two shots, only 38% effective. if you look at booster effectiveness at preventing omicron illness, they looked at 13,000 cases. what they found is the odds of becoming ill were 66% lower for