Vaccination Offers ‘No Meaningful Protection’ Against Long COVID: Study

The unvaccinated were found to have a slightly lower risk.
Vaccination Offers ‘No Meaningful Protection’ Against Long COVID: Study
A healthcare worker reaches for COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2021. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
Marina Zhang
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Findings in a new study challenge the mainstream narrative that COVID-19 vaccinations prevent long COVID. The study found that while previous infections reduce the risk of long COVID by 86 percent, vaccination status prior to COVID infection is irrelevant to a person’s risk of developing long COVID.

“The notion had been that both previous infection as well as vaccination reduce the chances of subsequent long COVID should you become infected,” Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and health policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told The Epoch Times.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at marina.zhang@epochtimes.com.
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