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Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds

Moderna vaccine is most effective, says another study, the largest to date in U.S. to assess real-world effectiveness

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September 10, 2021 at 2:03 p.m. EDT
RN Paula Mills gives the first dose of the Moderna Covid vaccine to a patient at home in Front Royal, VA during April 2021.(Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

People who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, than those who were fully vaccinated, according to one of three major studies published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlight the continued efficacy of all three vaccines amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.