Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Appears to Work Well in Older Adults

Antibody responses were strong and side effects were minimal in adults aged 55 and up

Dana G Smith
Medium Coronavirus Blog
2 min readSep 29, 2020

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There’s good news for older adults in the Covid-19 vaccine race: Moderna’s experimental vaccine appears to work as well in people over the age of 55 as it does in younger adults. The results, published today in the…

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Dana G Smith
Medium Coronavirus Blog

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental