Powell, who was 84, suffered from multiple myeloma as well as Parkinson's disease and was due for a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, his longtime spokeswoman said.
The evidence is overwhelming that vaccines are effective at lowering the risk of hospitalization and death from covid-19. They do not, however, create an impermeable barrier to infection.among people who were fully vaccinated. Of those, 85 percent were over 65. The agency also has tracked nearly 25,000 nonfatal breakthrough infections requiring hospitalization. Men are also at higher risk, comprising 57 percent of the fatal breakthrough cases.
A small study released last week showed that booster shots of those vaccines produced some antibodies in about half of the patients who previously hadn’t developed any after their initial vaccination. But that research, also conducted by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, looked at just 49 people who had blood cancers such as multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Before the pandemic, doctors were aware that patients with this type of cancer were vulnerable to a wide range of infections, including bacterial infections and the flu, he said. It is critical for them to keep up with flu and pneumonia vaccines, and many are given monthly infusions of antibodies. In an early look at some of his patients, booster shots of vaccine appeared to be effective at producing antibodies for those who hadn’t developed them during initial vaccination, Parekh said.
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