Table 3 Projected vaccine effectiveness against mild disease, hospitalisation and death from BA.1 for an ancestral vaccine (mRNA.1273) and variant-adapted vaccine as a function of time since a fourth dose

From: Estimating long-term vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants: a model-based approach

Vaccine

Days post 4th dose

 

30

60

90

120

150

180

365

Mild disease

Moderna mRNA.1273

63.8 (62.6–64.3)

50.5 (49.1–51.4)

39.7 (38.2–40.7)

32.1 (30.6–33.1)

27.1 (25.7–28.1)

23.9 (22.5–24.9)

16.3 (13.7–17.9)

Variant-adapted vaccine

78.9 (78–82.4)

68.4 (67.2–73.1)

58.2 (56.8–63.7)

50 (48.6–55.7)

44.1 (42.5–49.7)

39.9 (38.3–45.4)

29.3 (26.3–34.9)

Hospitalisation

Moderna mRNA.1273

93 (92.4–93.3)

88.5 (87.6–89)

83.2 (81.9–84.1)

78 (76.4–79.2)

73.7 (71.7–75)

70.3 (68–71.8)

59.5 (53.9–62.7)

Variant-adapted vaccine

96.6 (96.3–97.3)

94.2 (93.8–95.4)

91.3 (90.8–93)

88.3 (87.5–90.6)

85.6 (84.6–88.3)

83.4 (82.2–86.5)

75.7 (72.3–80.4)

Death

Moderna mRNA.1273

92.8 (91.6–93.7)

88.2 (86.4–89.6)

82.8 (80.3–84.9)

77.6 (74.4–80.1)

73.2 (69.5–75.9)

69.7 (65.7–72.7)

58.9 (52.3–63.6)

Variant-adapted vaccine

96.5 (96–97.4)

94.1 (93.3–95.5)

91.1 (90–93.2)

88 (86.5–90.7)

85.3 (83.5–88.6)

83 (80.9–86.7)

75.2 (71.4–80.8)

  1. Values shown are the posterior median and 95% credible intervals. The comparator group is those that did not receive any vaccine dose.