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I didn't see it in this article but I wonder if they took into account vaccinated people who had breakthrough infections? Or vaccinated people who were exposed

I didn't see it in this article but I wonder if they took into account vaccinated people who had breakthrough infections? Or vaccinated people who were exposed but didn't get sick (although I don't know how you find those people). Does the vaccine and your primed immune system negate the effects of "long COVID"?

dangoor 5y ago
There was a study out of Israel[1] and another out of the UK[2] that both showed some effectiveness against long COVID for those who are vaccinated. (Reddit links provided because those often have useful summaries of the studies.) [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sd32t3/association_between_vaccination_status_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sd32t3/association... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sdugl1/selfreported_long_covid_after_two_doses_of_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sdugl1/selfreporte...
adhoc_slime 5y ago
After reading this article this was my question as well, it seems like a very relevant point considering a majority of the population (in my country at least) is vaccinated twice, and getting up on their booster too now.
walterbell 5y ago
According to Figure 1, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3#Sec2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3#Sec2 First COVID-19-positive test (T,) between 1 March 2020 and 15 January 2021 n = 162.690 VA vaccination began in late December 2020, hence some of the veterans may have received at least one injection, but would not have been considered vaccinated until 14 days after their second injection, https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82728/va-begin-covid-19-vaccinations-128-additional-sites/ https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82728/va-begin-covid-19-vaccina...
- stuff4ben 5y ago
  That's kind of meaningless because we don't actually know the vaccination status of those in the study.
  - walterbell 5y ago
    Hmm, you're right. I mistakenly thought the study ended on 15 Jan 2021, but that's when it started. By July 2021, about 50% of veterans had been vaccinated, so it's possible a sizable percentage of these studied veterans were in fact vaccinated (and there are known issues with cardiovascular side effects of vaccines), https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/26/va-mandates-employee-vaccines-covid-infections-double/8084671002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/26/va-man...
VoodooJuJu 5y ago
I wonder as well. I'm baffled the article made no mention of vaccination status.

dangoor 5y ago

There was a study out of Israel[1] and another out of the UK[2] that both showed some effectiveness against long COVID for those who are vaccinated. (Reddit links provided because those often have useful summaries of the studies.) [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sd32t3/association_between_vaccination_status_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sd32t3/association... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sdugl1/selfreported_long_covid_after_two_doses_of_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/sdugl1/selfreporte...

adhoc_slime 5y ago

After reading this article this was my question as well, it seems like a very relevant point considering a majority of the population (in my country at least) is vaccinated twice, and getting up on their booster too now.

walterbell 5y ago

According to Figure 1, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3#Sec2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3#Sec2 First COVID-19-positive test (T,) between 1 March 2020 and 15 January 2021 n = 162.690 VA vaccination began in late December 2020, hence some of the veterans may have received at least one injection, but would not have been considered vaccinated until 14 days after their second injection, https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82728/va-begin-covid-19-vaccinations-128-additional-sites/ https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82728/va-begin-covid-19-vaccina...

stuff4ben 5y ago
That's kind of meaningless because we don't actually know the vaccination status of those in the study.
- walterbell 5y ago
  Hmm, you're right. I mistakenly thought the study ended on 15 Jan 2021, but that's when it started. By July 2021, about 50% of veterans had been vaccinated, so it's possible a sizable percentage of these studied veterans were in fact vaccinated (and there are known issues with cardiovascular side effects of vaccines), https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/26/va-mandates-employee-vaccines-covid-infections-double/8084671002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/26/va-man...

VoodooJuJu 5y ago

I wonder as well. I'm baffled the article made no mention of vaccination status.