A new report published recently in the Journal of the American Council of Family Medicine revealed that influenza vaccination may have a preventive effect for patients infected with Coronavirus, which strengthens the results of previous research to provide more evidence that influenza vaccination has a benefit in preventing the Coronavirus, according to what was published The Medical website.
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Researcher Ming Jim Yang, from the University of Florida in Gainesville, USA, and his colleagues conducted a retrospective review of 2005 patients over the age of 18 who had tested positive for coronavirus.
The status of vaccination against influenza and associated diseases was examined, and the severity and complications of the disease were examined as evidenced by admission to hospital and the intensive care unit (ICUAs a preliminary result, the relationship between influenza vaccination status and hospitalization was also examined.
The researchers found that, compared to those who were vaccinated, the patients who had contracted the Coronavirus COVID-19 And those who had not received the influenza vaccine within the past year, the odds of being hospitalized and in the intensive care unit increased by 2.44 and 3.29 times, respectively.
Results were adjusted for age, race, gender, hypertension, diabetes, COPD, obesity, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure.
One of the co-authors said in a statement: “One of the biggest problems we have with any precaution is getting people to do so, so this might be a good push for people to go out and get the flu shot.”
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