Two reports released Thursday show that people who get booster doses of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine are well protected against severe disease and hospitalization from the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the company said
Researchers said the findings indicate that most of the Covid-19 vaccines will protect people against the worst outcomes from infection -- and show some of the emphasis on how the various vaccines affect immune system components called antibodies may be misleading.One real-life study from South Africa showed vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from Covid-19 rose to 85% after a booster dose of the J&J vaccine, even after the Omicron variant was circulating.
The findings may also reassure the millions of people who got the Janssen vaccine. Earlier this month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines over J&J's, saying the two mRNA vaccines worked better and more safely than J&J's, which is linked with a rare type of blood clotting event.
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