The risk of suffering a breakthrough COVID-19 infection with the Delta variant after being fully vaccinated with the Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) vaccine may be much lower than the risk for those who received the Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) vaccine, according to a new Mayo Clinic study that is awaiting a full review.
The study found that in July in Florida, where COVID cases are at an all-time high and the delta variant is prevalent, the risk of a breakthrough case was 60% lower for Moderna recipients as compared to Pfizer recipients.
Similarly, in Minnesota last month, the authors found that the Moderna vaccine (also known as mRNA-1273) was 76% effective at preventing infection, but the Pfizer vaccine (known as BNT162b2) was 42% effective.
“Comparing rates of infection between matched individuals fully vaccinated with mRNA-1273 versus BNT162b2 across Mayo Clinic Health System sites in multiple states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, and Iowa), mRNA-1273 conferred a two-fold risk reduction against breakthrough infection compared to BNT162b2,” the authors wrote in their abstract.
To be sure, the authors found that both vaccines “strongly protect” against severe disease; the difference appears to be more about whether people get infected at all in the first place. The CDC has said the risk of infection is 8x higher in the unvaccinated than the vaccinated, and the risk of hospitalization or death is 25x higher.
Shares in MRNA gained $2.85 to $388.18 soon after Thursday’s opening bell, while those for Pfizer jumped 47 cents, or 1%, to $46.78.
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Phizeer requires sub-zero storage and transportation. Moderna not so much. Having worked years is Air Freight i guarantee you lots of neglect and spoilage during shipping is occuring that is diminishing the effectiveness of the Phizer. Just follow the chain of evidence handling. The more complicated you make your product, the more damage human incompetence can occur.
IMO it matters not to me, what these studies show.. THE DIMBOCRACKS in charge, will KEEP PUSHING US to get these damnable shots, regardless.. AND I WILL GO TO MY GRAVE before i take either.
Dr. Fauci is the “delta variant” as is the CDC!
I guess communist China’s “dress rehearsal” in the biological weapon release upon the world, and the USA in particular, is valuable data that can be improved upon when they get their Asian differentiator perfected.
Actually, Moderna’s dose per shot is over 3 times higher than pfizer’s, (100 micrograms vs 30 micrograms) x2 shots. Keep in mind that in animal studies done on MRNA vaccines for other viruses, including Zika, CMV, HIV, Influenza and for cancer a dose which was too high resulted in toxicity and both short and long term side effects most of which involved clotting, autoimmune, and neurological disorders and is in large part why NO MRNA vaccine has to this day ever been approved and why Moderna has never succeeded in getting any drug what so ever to market. Moderna has in fact lost money every quarter of every year that they have been in existence until Q1 2021. Also interesting is Moderna’s stock price which has gone from 13 in the summer of 2019 to approximately 400 giving them a market cap of over $200 billion dollars which is really all you need to know. It will be interesting to see what the long term side effects are for a dose that high, that they will never admit to or tell you about.