New Jersey study says vaccines more than 99% effective against COVID-19
Coronavirus vaccines have been more than 99-percent effective against the coronavirus in New Jersey, according to an analysis released Monday by the state.
The study looked at “breakthrough” cases — instances where people in the Garden State who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 later tested positive.
Through June 28, there were 4,432,769 people vaccinated in Jersey.
The study found 3,474 COVID cases among people who were fully vaccinated — or a 99.92 percent effective rate.
There were 84 vaccinated people who were hospitalized and 31 died from COVID — less than one tenth of one percent, according to the analysis.
“These numbers speak for themselves. We only have a pandemic among the unvaccinated,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement announcing the results.
“Everyone ages 12 and up who is eligible should go and get vaccinated.”
A study released last week by Yale University and the New York City Health Department found similar results in the Big Apple in terms of vaxx effectiveness.
That analysis concluded COVID vaccinations prevented a staggering 8,300 deaths and 44,000 hospitalizations in the city during the first six months of 2021.
The Yale study claimed the city’s vaccination campaign stopped a projected 250,000 new coronavirus infections — and that just 1.1 percent of all new cases in the five boroughs came from fully vaccinated New Yorkers.
Still, many New Yorkers — even hospital workers — are still resisting getting jabbed.
The Post reported Sunday that nearly one-third of city hospital workers have not been vaccinated, according to the state Health Department. In the city’s 11 public hospitals, 40 percent of workers are unvaccinated.
New York State Health Department officials also said they’ve found a low percentage of COVID cases among vaccinated New Yorkers, a situation it is tracking closely.
“To date, the New York State Department of Health is aware of 8,718 breakthrough cases of COVID-19, 0.15% of fully vaccinated people. We are continuing to investigate the number of fully vaccinated people who may have been hospitalized or passed away,” said Health Department spokeswoman Abigail Barker.