How The Delta Variant Is Affecting Both The Vaccinated And Unvaccinated wuky.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wuky.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Vaneet Arora, a ssociate professor and a ssociate director - clinical microbiology in the UK College of Medicine, is back for an in depth conversation with
What is already known about this topic?
COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated high efficacy in clinical trials. Limited data are available on effectiveness in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and against emerging variants.
What is added by this report?
In a COVID-19 outbreak at a Kentucky SNF involving a newly introduced variant to the region, unvaccinated residents and health care personnel (HCP) had 3.0 and 4.1 times the risk of infection as did vaccinated residents and HCP. Vaccine was 86.5% protective against symptomatic illness among residents and 87.1% protective among HCP.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Vaccination of SNF residents and HCP is essential to reduce the risk for symptomatic COVID-19, as is continued focus on infection prevention and control practices.
Dr Greg, Vaneet And Variants wuky.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wuky.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As part of our ongoing COVID-19 coverage, Dr. Greg Davis talks about the study with Ellen Hahn, Marcia A. Drake Professor in the UK College of Nursing and Public Health, and Director of BREATHE including the Tobacco Policy Division, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy (KCSP), and the Radon Policy Division.
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