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Fully vaccinated and vaccinated and boosted persons are at least half as likely as unvaccinated persons to experience long CoVid symptoms should they develop a CoVid infection.  On the other hand, those who received vaccination after their infections were only 12% less likely to report continuing CoVid symptoms.   The UK Health Security Agency reviewed 15 studies from around the world that shed light on vaccination effectiveness in preventing or improving long CoVid symptoms.  Eight studies looked at vaccination before CoVid infection and 7 looked at vaccination after infection.

 

Fully vaccinated adults of any age were 54 to 83% less likely experience 7 of the 10 most commonly reported long CoVid symptoms.  Vaccination was best able to prevent long CoVid symptoms for those 60 years and older and least likely to prevent them for those 19 to 35 years of age.  Those who got only one of the two vaccinating doses saw no protective effect.

 

CoVid vaccination after a documented CoVid infection and the appearance of long CoVid symptoms led to improvement in the long CoVid symptoms in 57%, no change in 25%, and a worsening of symptoms in 18%.

 

The bottom line: CoVid vaccination is most effective for preventing long CoVid if it occurs before any infection.  Second best but still helpful is vaccination following infection.  Be proactive.

 

https://ukhsa.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=fe4f10cd3cd509fe045ad4f72ae0dfff

 

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