Howard G. Smith, M.D. is a former radio medical editor and talk show host in the Boston Metro area. His "Medical Minute" of health and wellness news and commentary was a regular weekday feature on WBZ-AM, WRKO-AM, and WMRE-AM. His popular two-way talk show, Dr. Howard Smith OnCall, was regularly heard Sunday morning and middays on WBZ.
Dr. Smith has adopted audio and video podcasting as conduits for HEALTH NEWS YOU SHOULD USE. Based on the latest medical, health, and wellness literature these reports provide practical information you can use to keep yourself and your family healthy. Many reports have video versions, and Dr. Smith's YouTube Channel may be found at: http://bit.ly/2rNw6XQ
Trained at Harvard Medical School and a long-time faculty member at Boston Children's Hospital, he practiced Pediatric Otolaryngology for 40 years in Boston, Southern California, and in central Connecticut. He is now based in New York City.
If you have questions or suggestions about this content, please email the doctor at drhowardsmith.reports@gmail.com or leave him a message at 516-778-8864. His website is: www.drhowardsmith.com.
Please note that the news, views, commentary, and opinions that Dr. Smith provides are for informational purposes only. Any changes that you or members of your family contemplate making to lifestyle, diet, medications, or medical therapy should always be discussed beforehand with personal physicians who have been supervising your care.
How Protective Are CoVid Vaccines Over Time?
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/kzFG3OplOJk
After 7 months, overall vaccine effectiveness preventing any CoVid infection drops from a peak of 95-96% to 70% for Pfizer and 82% for Moderna. Over a 5 month period, vaccine effectiveness for the J&J vaccine drops from a peak of 79% to 64%. Public health investigators at the University of North Carolina tabulated state-wide data on over 10 million persons from December, 2020 to September, 2021.
Looking at protection against hospitalization and death from CoVid: for Pfizer the number dropped from a peak of 96% to 88% at 7 months; for Moderna, a peak of 98% to 92%; and for J&J, a peak of 90% to 80% after 5 months.
These vaccines are remarkably effective over time, but less so against the Delta variant which increased over the time of the study. Bottom line: you receive optimal protection, especially if you are in a high risk group, from a booster dose of CoVid vaccine.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.25.21265304v1.full.pdf+html
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Howard G. Smith, MD, AM - Immunology is a former radio medical editor and talk show host in the Boston Metro area. His "Medical Minute" of health and wellness news and commentary was a regular weekday feature on WBZ-AM, WRKO-AM, and WMRE-AM. His popular two-way talk show, Dr. Howard Smith OnCall, was regularly heard Sunday morning and middays on WBZ. Dr. Smith has adopted audio and video podcasting as conduits for HEALTH NEWS YOU SHOULD USE. Based on the latest medical, health, and wellness literature these reports provide practical information you can use to keep yourself and your family healthy. Many reports have video versions, and Dr. Smith YouTube Channel may be found at: https://bit.ly/2q5umV8 Trained at Harvard Medical School and a long-time faculty member at Boston Children's Hospital, he practiced Pediatric Otolaryngology for 40 years in Boston, Southern California, and in central Connecticut. If you have questions or suggestions about this content, please email the doctor at drhowardsmith.reports@gmail.com or leave him a message at 516-778-8864. His website is: www.drhowardsmith.com. Please note that the news, views, commentary, and opinions that Dr. Smith provides are for informational purposes only. Any changes that you or members of your family contemplate making to lifestyle, diet, medications, or medical therapy should always be discussed beforehand with personal physicians who have been supervising your care.