📍VACCINES HELPING LONG COVID: Hospitalized #COVID19 patients who then got Pfizer or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had decreased #LongCovid symptoms (5.6% vacc vs 14.2% not) & ⬆️ symptom resolution (23.2% vacc vs 15.4% not). Both vaccines similar benefit. 🧵
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
2) not a trial but a prospective followup study. Still the results are compelling.
Authors concluded: “Receipt of vaccination with either an mRNA or adenoviral vector vaccine was not associated with a worsening of Long Covid symptoms, quality of life, or mental wellbeing...”
Authors concluded: “Receipt of vaccination with either an mRNA or adenoviral vector vaccine was not associated with a worsening of Long Covid symptoms, quality of life, or mental wellbeing...”
3) the study continued: “Individuals with prolonged COVID-19 symptoms should receive vaccinations as suggested by national guidance.”
4) The potential benefit of vaccines against #LongCovid has been theorized fo a while. Dr @VirusesImmunity discusses it here in this blog post.
elemental.medium.com/how-vaccines-m…
elemental.medium.com/how-vaccines-m…
5) To be clear, the earlier findings “those who had receive a vaccine had a small overall improvement in Long Covid symptoms, with a decrease in worsening symptoms and increase in symptom resolution” was statistically significant improvement (p=0.035).
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