Two doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine provide long-lasting protection against the Indian 'Delta' variant, a new study suggests. Two doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine provide long-term protection against Covid, including against variants of concern, a new NIH study finds. Pictured: Antibody response against Alpha variant (blue line), Delta variant (pink line), Beta variant (red line), and othersThe super-contagious Delta variant is now causing more than 90 percent of new Covid cases in the U.S., driving the country's current surge. The vast majority of Covid patients in America's hospitals are unvaccinated, while vaccinated people tend to have milder cases - or be fully asymptomatic. The Moderna vaccine appears to be more protective than the Pfizer vaccine, which recently reported that vaccine effectiveness dropped to 84 percent after six months.

Source: The Nation August 12, 2021 22:41 UTC