“Our study results advance the understanding of post-vaccination outcomes and support recent recommendations to provide a third primary series dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to patients with weaker immune systems after the initial two doses”, co-author Manuela Di Fusco, lead author from the Pfizer Health Economics and Outcomes Research team, said in a statement. 10, 2020, and July 8, 2021.Īccording to the study findings, although immune-compromised patients represented only 18 percent of study participants, they accounted for nearly 40 percent of breakthrough infections.įully vaccinated participants with weakened immune systems also made up almost 60 percent of all hospitalizations and 100 percent of deaths caused by breakthrough infections. healthcare administrative data, including healthcare records of 1,277,747 people age 16 or over who were fully vaccinated with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine between Dec. Researchers analyzed a large collection of U.S. 30 in the Journal of Medical Economics finds those with weakened immune systems are at significantly greater risk. While it’s unusual for the fully vaccinated to experience COVID-19 infection, an analysis published Nov. Immune-compromised who are fully vaccinated at high risk of breakthrough infection, study finds “It is not clear that even an act of Congress mandating a vaccine would be constitutional,” he added. “There is no question that mandating a vaccine to 10.3 million health care workers is something that should be done by Congress, not a government agency,” wrote Doughty. Those states had joined in a lawsuit against the president’s mandate requiring all health workers in hospitals and nursing homes to receive at least a first shot by Dec. 29 by a federal court in Missouri, which had applied to only 10 states. Doughty, the injunction expands a separate order issued Nov.
District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Monroe Division, Judge Terry A. 30 stops President Joe Biden’s national vaccine mandate for healthcare workers roughly a week before it was set to begin. vaccine mandate for healthcare workers blocked by federal judgeĪ preliminary injunction issued Nov. Gavin Newsom said the case highlighted the importance of getting vaccinated. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Ĭalifornia Gov.
Genomic sequencing found that they had developed COVID-19 from the Omicron variant.Īll close contacts of the person who was sickened have tested negative and the person has mild symptoms, according to Dr. 29, according to officials from the San Francisco Department of Public Health. A person traveling from South Africa to San Francisco tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. Health officials have detected the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the United States. PST- First case of Omicron detected in the U.S.