Data Report

I tried to determine more details about this study here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24011794



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...such as precisely what type, dose, and boosters of COVID-19 vaccines in each individual...

I'm also trying to pinpoint as to which variants were actually occuring in these four Japanese municipalities between August 2020 and December 2022.

I must protest and politely question the title of just this particular study. I think we are being misled by a news reporter from University of Minnesota namely  Stephanie Soucheray, MA to take a Japanese study from August 2020 to December 2022 and claim that the recent covid 19 vaccination is tied to lower risk considering her article is written on November 6, 2024 when she cites the Japanese study which is way back in August 2020 and December 2022 no doubt using an older vaccine which isn't even clearly cited.. all this depends on what Stephanie Soucheray means by the word "recent" .. I think it fair to say most typical readers would assume that recent vaccinations means a vaccination of at least this time period and year of 2024. Readers are likely to misinterpret the title and are going to think the latest vaccination available today protects them from long covid.

Of course what the study is trying to say is that a recently given fresh shot like 14 to 149 days before you get infected appeared to might work at preventing long covid way back in August 2020 through December 2022. I guess I'm just having trouble with the title of this study.

A personal side note concern: I am concerned about certain limitations such as variant type. I  am not sure all variants are equal insofar as if one variant might be worse for causing long covid than other variants... so Is the study addressing just one of the variants? I'd love to see a study that showed if long covid was more prevalent from one particular variant than from another.. for example does the Variant XEC cause more long covid than a different variant? Anyway I fear this particular study only limits itself to the study of one or two variants over two years ago.

While I don't want to dismiss this study completely, I do think author of this study and the researchers need to state and disclose  very clearly which variant and which vaccine their study addresses in that time frame.

I'd like to hear what others think about my critique of this particular study and my sidenote concerns.