If you've had COVID-19, the Pfizer vaccine substantially lowers your re-infection risk

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-02-17 09:00

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Catching COVID-19 a second time is substantially less likely for those who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after their first infection, according to an Israeli study. The team looked at re-infection rates among a cohort of 150,000 people who had COVID-19 while unvaccinated. Just over half of them went on to receive at least one Pfizer vaccine while the rest remained unvaccinated during the 270-day study period. The researchers say among the vaccinated group, about 0.4 per cent tested positive again during the study, compared to about 3.3 per cent of the unvaccinated group.