People who experience breakthrough infections of the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated are about 50 percent less likely to experience long Covid than are unvaccinated people who catch the virus, researchers said in a large new report on British adults.
The study, which was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on [September 15], also provides more evidence that the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines offer powerful protection against symptomatic and severe disease.
โThis is really, I think, the first study showing that long Covid is reduced by double vaccination, and itโs reduced significantly,โ said Dr. Claire Steves, a geriatrician at Kingโs College London and the studyโs lead author.
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Young adults are less likely to become seriously ill from the virus than older adults, but they are still at risk for long Covid, she noted.
โBeing out of action for six months has a major impact on peopleโs lives,โ she said. โSo, if we can show that their personal risk of long Covid is reduced by getting their vaccinations, that may be something that may help them make a decision to go ahead and get a vaccine.โ
