Posted on 07/30/2021 6:05:31 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
PASADENA, Calif. — A Kaiser Permanente study showed that one type of pneumonia vaccine, the PCV13 vaccine, may affect the course of COVID-19 for some older adult patients. The study was published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
While the recently authorized COVID-19 vaccines remain the most important strategy for preventing COVID-19, investigators found that older adults who received pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), which prevents acquisition of certain pneumococcal strains, experienced 35% lower risk of COVID-19 diagnosis than adults who did not receive the vaccine.
In contrast, an alternative pneumococcal vaccine (PPSV23), which prevents severe pneumococcal disease but does not block acquisition of the bacterium, was not associated with protection.
This study examined electronic health records of 531,033 members of Kaiser Permanente in Southern California who were 65 years old and older from March 1 to July 22, 2020. Among that population, 3,677 had a COVID-19 diagnosis, 1,075 were hospitalized for COVID-19, and 334 died from COVID-19.
Among adults ages 65 years old and older, those who received the pneumonia vaccine PCV13 had:
35% lower incidence of COVID-19 diagnosis
32% lower incidence of COVID-19 hospitalization
32% lower incidence of COVID-19 death
(Excerpt) Read more at about.kaiserpermanente.org ...
And for benefits of the Flu Shot see here;
Good I’m in this group. Pneumococcus is FDA approved and I get it every five years
Took flu shot last year
No problems not sick
I asked my doctor about this last year, he did not have an answer at that time...I suspected if i got covid it would help prevent pneumonia. glad they are doing some studies.
There was a doctor last year who had tremendous success treating her “Covid” patients as if they were bacterial pneumonia cases.
Well I get the Flu shot every year and have had the Pneumonia 13 shot!
Never took the flu shot. No problems here either
The vaccine industry is pure evil and fraudulent
Everything they say and do is a lie
I actually got a pneumonia vax several years ago because I’m prone to upper respiratory infections. who knew?
I got the Pneumonia and flu shot for the first time last year. My daughter in law, who is a nurse, said this would help and both have been used for years....No side affects at all.
“ I actually got a pneumonia vax several years ago because I’m prone to upper respiratory infections. who knew?”
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You might want to check WHICH pneumonia vaccine you got, PCV13 or PPSV23. The former was associated with COVID-19 protection but the latter wasn’t.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
“…While the recently authorized COVID-19 vaccines remain the most important strategy for preventing COVID-19, investigators found that older adults who received pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), which prevents acquisition of certain pneumococcal strains, experienced 35% lower risk of COVID-19 diagnosis than adults who did not receive the vaccine.
In contrast, an alternative pneumococcal vaccine (PPSV23), which prevents severe pneumococcal disease but does not block acquisition of the bacterium, was not associated with protection….”
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