Created by Mediaplanet
This article was made possible with support from ModernaTx
The fall season is upon us and with it brings a lot of unknowns about the ever-changing COVID-19 variants.
In this climate of uncertainty, vaccination will be key to staying healthy and fighting our way out of the pandemic. ?Generally, when the public is well vaccinated, whether for flu, meningitis, pneumonia or shingles, we see less disease, and less burden on the healthcare system,? says Dr. Vivien Brown, a family physician in private practice in Toronto.
?With COVID-19 specifically, the vaccines have had a significant impact on driving down the number of hospitalizations, and deaths, and in helping to create a cocooning effect to protect people who can?t be vaccinated,? she says. Ongoing efficacy, adolescent approval, booster shots
Moderna?s efforts are critical in the global fight against COVID-19. To date almost 1461 million doses of the Moderna?s COVID vaccine have been administered in the US and over 7.2 million in Canada.2 As the pandemic evolves, Moderna is staying ahead of the science with mRNA technology.
Though the variants, waning immunity, and breakthrough infections are concerning, new data published in Science3 reported that the majority of individuals vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, maintained antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants for six months after the second dose.
On August 27, 2021, Moderna?s COVID-19 vaccine was authorized by Health Canada for use in adole...