Fully vaccinated people have shorter hospital stays, according to a new study by the National Institute of Public Health. They have a lower risk of needing treatment in an intensive care unit.
Fully vaccinated people can also become infected
Coronavirus vaccines provide very good protection against serious illness, even if they do not protect 100 percent. Fully vaccinated people can also become infected. Some may need treatment in a hospital. This is especially true for the elderly and people with other underlying diseases.
- The study shows that there are differences in the course of the disease between vaccinated and unvaccinated people admitted to hospital with coronavirus. This is useful and important knowledge for hospitals in their work on planning treatment as infection grows, says Sara Viksmoen Watle, chief physician at the National Institute of Public Health.
Watle further explains that the study also shows the effect of vaccination against Covid-19. Some fully vaccinated people become seriously ill and hospitalized, but the course of their illness is often shorter and less severe than in the unvaccinated.
The study analyzed hospital stays of COVID-19 patients in the period from February 1 to September 30, 2021. The risk of intensive care and mortality was also analyzed. among people partially or fully vaccinated with mRNA vaccine compared to unvaccinated patients.
Most of the population in Norway have been vaccinated against COVID-19
- Now that most of the population in Norway has been vaccinated against COVID-19, it is a natural consequence that more and more people those who are admitted to hospital are vaccinated. However, it is still the risk serious the incidence of adulthood is much higher if you are not vaccinated, sums up Watle.
Data from the national register were used for the study
Patients 18-79 years of age fully vaccinated had a shorter hospital stay overall. Fully vaccinated people were also less likely to move to an intensive care unit.
Source: FHI
