{"id":3536,"date":"2021-08-25T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:13:38","slug":"the-science-supporting-the-u-s-case-for-covid-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/08\/25\/the-science-supporting-the-u-s-case-for-covid-boosters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science Supporting the U.S. Case for COVID Boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3536\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. health officials laid out the scientific rationale for a third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for all U.S. adults on Wednesday, relying on published and unpublished CDC data, as well as a preprint study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, they said that there is evidence that vaccine effectiveness against infection &#8212; both symptomatic and asymptomatic &#8212; has been decreasing over time, but that protection against severe disease, hospitalization, and death remains relatively high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In anticipation of further waning of immunity amid the ongoing Delta variant-fueled surge &#8212; which is posing additional challenges &#8212; pulling the trigger on booster shots could help the U.S. stay ahead of the virus, they said.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/covid19vaccine\/94106?xid=nl_covidupdate_2021-08-19&amp;eun=g1917319d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=DailyUpdate_081921&amp;utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3536\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;U.S. health officials laid out the scientific rationale for a third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for all U.S. adults on Wednesday, relying on published and unpublished CDC &hellip; 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