{"id":36154,"date":"2021-06-08T19:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T02:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36154"},"modified":"2021-06-08T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T02:40:55","slug":"study-older-americans-saw-larger-declines-in-covid-19-cases-deaths-after-vaccines-became-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36154","title":{"rendered":"Study: Older Americans saw larger declines in COVID-19 cases, deaths after vaccines became available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Older Americans experienced larger declines in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths after the vaccine became available compared to those aged 18 to 49, according to a CDC study.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/eyspjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwrsddytr_bpfpggflfypqlfpzpbdq.html?a=&amp;b=39718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/eyspjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwrsddytr_bpfpggflfypqlfpzpbdq.html?a%3D%26b%3D39718&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623290235967000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGodoBba8pNxveSN1T5w9ZUT94XPg\">published on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0examined the downward trend in cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths among those 65 and older since before the vaccine was authorized in December.<\/p>\n<p>The ratio of cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths among those 65 and older compared to 18- to 49-year-olds decreased across the board since the time period when vaccines were not available.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, a higher portion of the older population, 82 percent, had received at least one dose of a vaccine by May 1, compared to 42 percent of 18- to 49-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions:\u00a0<\/strong>The CDC concluded that the difference among the age groups shows the effectiveness of the vaccines after the population with a higher rate of vaccinations saw a greater decline in cases, hospitalizations and fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom November 29, 2020, to May 1, 2021, COVID-19 incidence, ED visits, hospital admissions, and deaths declined more in older adults, who had higher vaccination coverage, than in younger adults, who had lower coverage,\u201d the study reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Older Americans experienced larger declines&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36155,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36154\/revisions\/36155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}