A paper coauthored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists and blocked from the CDC’s quasi-journal has been published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers with the CDC and other institutions in the paper, published on June 23, estimated that COVID-19 vaccination was 55 percent effective against hospitalization related to COVID-19, and 50 percent effective against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care visits.
“Adults can reduce their likelihood of severe COVID-19–associated outcomes by obtaining a 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccination,” Ruth Link-Gelles, an epidemiologist at the CDC, and coauthors wrote.
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC’s parent agency, told The Epoch Times in an email, “The CDC protects the public’s health by providing accurate, transparent, and trustworthy information.”…