Comparative Effectiveness of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations among Adults without Immunocompromising Conditions - United States, March-August 2021

Wesley H. Self, Mark W. Tenforde, Jillian P. Rhoads, Manjusha Gaglani, Adit A. Ginde, David J. Douin, Samantha M. Olson, H. Keipp Talbot, Jonathan D. Casey, Nicholas M. Mohr, Anne Zepeski, Tresa McNeal, Shekhar Ghamande, Kevin W. Gibbs, D. Clark Files, David N. Hager, Arber Shehu, Matthew E. Prekker, Heidi L. Erickson, Michelle N. GongAmira Mohamed, Daniel J. Henning, Jay S. Steingrub, Ithan D. Peltan, Samuel M. Brown, Emily T. Martin, Arnold S. Monto, Akram Khan, Catherine L. Hough, Laurence W. Busse, Caitlin C.Ten Lohuis, Abhijit Duggal, Jennifer G. Wilson, Alexandra June Gordon, Nida Qadir, Steven Y. Chang, Christopher Mallow, Carolina Rivas, Hilary M. Babcock, Jennie H. Kwon, Matthew C. Exline, Natasha Halasa, James D. Chappell, Adam S. Lauring, Carlos G. Grijalva, Todd W. Rice, Ian D. Jones, William B. Stubblefield, Adrienne Baughman, Kelsey N. Womack, Christopher J. Lindsell, Kimberly W. Hart, Yuwei Zhu, Lisa Mills, Sandra N. Lester, Megan M. Stump, Eric A. Naioti, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer R. Verani, Natalie J. Thornburg, Manish M. Patel

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Abstract

What is already known about this topic? Two 2-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) and a 1-dose viral vector vaccine (from Janssen [Johnson & Johnson]) are currently used in the United States. What is added by this report? Among U.S. adults without immunocompromising conditions, vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization during March 11-August 15, 2021, was higher for the Moderna vaccine (93%) than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (88%) and the Janssen vaccine (71%). What are the implications for public health practice? Although these real-world data suggest some variation in levels of protection by vaccine, all FDA-approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccines provide substantial protection against COVID-19 hospitalization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1337-1343
Number of pages7
JournalMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Volume70
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Health Information Management
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Epidemiology

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