{"id":10286,"date":"2024-02-01T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10286"},"modified":"2024-07-21T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T18:47:55","slug":"do-boosters-help-if-ive-already-had-covid","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-boosters-help-if-ive-already-had-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Do boosters help if I’ve already had COVID?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another\u00a0video<\/a> claims that getting a booster if you\u2019ve already had COVID will not lower your risk of dying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]The video, looking at this\u00a0study<\/a>, concluded that a fourth dose of COVID vaccine will not reduce your chances of dying from COVID, but is missing several key factors.<\/p>\n

First off, the data doesn\u2019t actually show what you might think. When we look at the risk of dying from COVID after getting a fourth vaccine dose, the odds are pretty much the same as not getting it (the risk ratio is close to 1, which indicates no real change). But with statistics, there\u2019s always a bit of uncertainty. This uncertainty is represented by a 95% confidence interval, which in this case ranges from 0.7 to 2.2 for people who got four doses compared to three. This wide range means we can\u2019t really say for sure what the actual risk is. Just because this range includes the number 1, it doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s no difference between the groups; it just means this particular data doesn\u2019t clearly tell us if the fourth dose is better, worse, or the same.<\/p>\n

Next, according to the paper, the authors started pulling data on October 1st. At that time, people who had received the fourth dose had received it anywhere from 19 days prior to 69 days prior. One problem with the data was that the updated bivalent booster wasn\u2019t authorized or available until\u00a0September 12<\/a>, meaning that a number of people who had received a fourth dose had received a dose known to an older, less effective vaccine. If you\u2019re trying to prove that the vaccine isn\u2019t effective, it\u2019s not fair to use information about an older vaccine that we know isn\u2019t as good as the latest one available.<\/p>\n

Lastly, not many people in the study actually died, and the authors didn\u2019t look at other health problems the participants might have had. The people who got four shots were on average 63 years old, and those who got three shots were around 44 years old. Since older people are at\u00a0higher risk of dying<\/a>, the study should have taken into consideration participant age and health.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there are other\u00a0studies<\/a>\u00a0in other\u00a0countries<\/a>\u00a0that demonstrate the effectiveness of a fourth dose.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claims that a fourth COVID booster doesn\u2019t reduce death risk are misleading. Studies show varied data, and newer vaccines are more effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-10286","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10365,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10286\/revisions\/10365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}