{"id":48690,"date":"2022-05-25T15:54:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T22:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=48690"},"modified":"2022-05-25T15:54:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T22:54:53","slug":"vaccines-may-offer-partial-protection-against-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=48690","title":{"rendered":"Vaccines may offer \u2018partial protection\u2019 against long COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 vaccinations may only offer limited protection against long COVID symptoms, according to a study published this week in the peer-reviewed Nature science journal.<\/p>\n

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Researchers for the VA St. Louis Healthcare System\u00a0reviewed data<\/a>\u00a0from the Department of Veterans Affairs national health care databases to compare people with breakthrough cases of COVID-19 to individuals with no documented history of testing positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n

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Compared to people who appeared to have never had COVID-19, individuals with breakthrough cases were found to have a higher risk of death and a higher risk of developing long COVID symptoms including issues with their heart, their digestive system, kidneys and mental health.<\/p>\n

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Researchers made these comparisons based on follow-ups six months after initial infection.<\/p>\n

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However, individuals with breakthrough cases were still observed to be at a lower risk of these effects when compared to unvaccinated COVID-19 survivors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAltogether, the findings suggest that vaccination before infection confers only partial protection in the post-acute phase of the disease; hence, reliance on it as a sole mitigation strategy may not optimally reduce long-term health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection,\u201d the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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