Nearly all teens admitted to ICU for COVID are unvaccinated: studyBy Emily Crane
January 13, 2022 3:56pm Updated
A new peer-reviewed study found that almost every teenager admitted to an ICU with COVID-19 was unvaccinated.
Nearly all teenagers who had to be admitted to the ICU for COVID-19 treatment were unvaccinated, according to a new study.
The Pfizer vaccine prevented 98 percent of intensive care visits and 94 percent of COVID-related hospitalizations in teenagers, the study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found.
The peer-reviewed analysis, which is backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and pediatric hospitals, included data from 1,222 hospitalized teens — ages 12 to 18. ...
Nearly three-quarters of the teens involved in the study had underlying medical conditions, including obesity, and 70 percent were attending in-person school. ...
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