Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that three new COVID-19studies show that the efficacy of the vaccines has dropped among individuals who received their shots early on in the pandemic.

Citing three studies that were released by the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Walensky said on Aug. 18 that the vaccines’ efficacy decreases over time in preventing infection. Although protection against death and hospitalization is “holding up well,” the COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness is “waning” in even preventing severe illness or death, she said…

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Researchers with the CDC’s COVID-19 Response Team and the Vermont-based Lantana Consulting Group discovered that the two doses of mRNA-based vaccines were about 75 percent effective in preventing infection in nursing home residents from March through May. During June and July, though, the number dropped by 22 percent…

Another study analyzed age-adjusted vaccine effectiveness in New York City between May 3 and July 25. Researchers with the New York State Department of Health and the University at Albany School of Public Health found that effectiveness against infection for adults dropped to 79.8 percent from 91.7 percent…

Possible factors include the Delta variant causing higher viral loads, along with clinical trials used for emergency authorization being conducted before variants emerged…

Researchers, including scientists from the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, and Washington University, said the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against hospitalization declined to 84 percent between 13 and 24 weeks after vaccination from 86 percent between two and 12 weeks after vaccination.

Without booster shots, Walensky suggested, there will be “worsening infections over time” among those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

In the backdrop of the CDC’s findings, Walensky said that “we are planning for Americans to receive booster shots starting next month,” saying that their initiative is designed to “stay ahead of this virus.”

As a result, booster doses of the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna will likely be distributed starting the week of Sept. 20…

The CDC’s advisory panel last week recommended booster shots for immunocompromised individuals, a day after drug regulators issued emergency use authorization for third shots for the population…

Weeks ago, the CDC and FDA said that individuals “do not need a booster shot at this time,” contradicting a recommendation made by Pfizer.

Last week, the CDC director told The Wall Street Journal that she’s “really struggling” with how to communicate the CDC’s findings and recommendations to the American public. . . .

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(Excerpted from The Epoch Times. Article by Jack Phillips. Photo Credit: Unsplash).