1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnlaurenohttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnlaureno/Got Your Booster? You're 97 Times Less Likely To Die Than The Unvaxxed - KFF Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F5LA3UcWkj"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/got-your-booster-youre-97-times-less-likely-to-die-than-the-unvaxxed/">Got Your Booster? You’re 97 Times Less Likely To Die Than The Unvaxxed</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/got-your-booster-youre-97-times-less-likely-to-die-than-the-unvaxxed/embed/#?secret=F5LA3UcWkj" width="600" height="338" title="“Got Your Booster? You’re 97 Times Less Likely To Die Than The Unvaxxed” — KFF Health News" data-secret="F5LA3UcWkj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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If you're fully vaccinated, you're 14 times less likely to die than someone with no shots. But if you're boosted, that figure rises to 97 times, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, imaging data show breakthrough infections are less severe for fully-vaxxed people.