{"id":28275,"date":"2021-12-27T09:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T08:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28275"},"modified":"2021-12-27T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T08:27:24","slug":"vaccines-slash-severe-covid-19-cases-says-epidemiologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vaccines-slash-severe-covid-19-cases-says-epidemiologist\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases, says epidemiologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epidemiologist Ilir Alimehmeti said on Good Morning that vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases and deaths, but do not prevent transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmunization is the main path, which includes both the vaccine and natural immunity. In 2022, we\u2019ll have new treatments. The vaccine protects from severe cases\u201d, said Alimehmeti.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the first two doses were injected in a short time span, and the body recognizes them as a single one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first two doses were taken within a brief time and natural immunity understands that it is a stimulus. That is why we need the third dose, but from the perspective of natural immunity, it implies a second stimulus. I have the tendency to call it a complementary dose, not a strengthening one\u201d, said the epidemiologist as he urged citizens to get the booster shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/25\/2-dead-and-over-300-others-infected-due-to-covid-19\/\">2 dead and over 300 others infected due to COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/12\/21\/kurti-receives-covid-19-booster-shot-encourages-citizens-to-get-vaccinated\/\">Kurti receives COVID-19 booster shot, encourages citizens to get vaccinated<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epidemiologist Ilir Alimehmeti said on Good Morning that vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases and deaths, but do not prevent transmission. \u201cImmunization is the main path, which includes both the vaccine and natural immunity. In 2022, we\u2019ll have new treatments. The vaccine protects from severe cases\u201d, said Alimehmeti. He explained that the first two doses were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases, says epidemiologist - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vaccines-slash-severe-covid-19-cases-says-epidemiologist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases, says epidemiologist - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Epidemiologist Ilir Alimehmeti said on Good Morning that vaccines slash severe COVID-19 cases and deaths, but do not prevent transmission. \u201cImmunization is the main path, which includes both the vaccine and natural immunity. 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