Covid today Italy, Iss: “Vaccine efficacy drops after 6 months”

“The hospitalizations of people not vaccinated” against covid “are 7 times higher than those vaccinated for less than six months and 6 times higher than those vaccinated over six months”. After 6 months, there is a “sharp decrease in the effectiveness” of the vaccine “in preventing diagnoses in all age groups”. This was underlined by the update of the ‘Covid-19 epidemic’ report by the Higher Institute of Health (Iss). Analyzing the number of ICU admissions and deaths in the over 80s, the report “notes that the rate of ICU admissions for unvaccinated people (10.9 ICU admissions per 100 thousand) is about seven times higher than that of vaccinated with a full cycle for less than six months (1.5 intensive care hospitalizations per 100 thousand) and for over six months (1.4 ICU hospitalizations per 100 thousand) while, in the period 17 September – 17 October, the death rate in the unvaccinated (64.1 per 100 thousand) it is about ten times higher than in the vaccinated with a full course within six months (6.2 per 100 thousand) and six times higher than in the vaccinated with a full course over six months (9, 9 per 100 thousand) “. After 6 months from the completion of the vaccination cycle,” a sharp decrease in vaccination efficacy in preventing diagnoses is observed in all age groups. In general, on the whole population, efficacy vaccine passes from 76% in vaccinated with full course within six months compared to unvaccinated, 50% in full course vaccinated over six months compared to unvaccinated “In the case of severe disease,” the difference between full course vaccinated over and less than six months is shorter “, highlights the report. “In fact, a decrease in vaccination efficacy of about 10 percentage points is observed, since the efficacy for vaccinated with a complete cycle for less than six months is equal to 92% compared to unvaccinated, while it is equal to 82 % for those vaccinated with a full course for more than six months compared to non-vaccinated “, conclude the experts.