At the same time, Preiser warned: “Of course you shouldn’t misunderstand that vaccination doesn’t help. On the contrary: It only shows that even the best possible vaccination is obviously not enough to prevent infection – which we already suspected. ”The study by Preiser and colleagues from Thursday has not yet been published in a specialist journal.
None of the seven Germans between the ages of 25 and 39 had to deal with a severe course of the infection. “Of course you can now say: These are young people anyway. But one can assume that at least a severe course will be prevented, ”said Preiser from Stellenbosch University near Cape Town. The research team draws the conclusion: Although the results underscore the need for vaccine adaptation, protection against serious illness is likely to remain intact after a booster vaccination.