Journal Rejects Request to Retract Study Suggesting Negative COVID Vaccine Effectiveness

Cureus said there is ‘no basis for retraction.’

Pfizer and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines at a clinic in Richmond, Va., in a Nov. 17, 2022, file image. Steve Helber/AP Photo

A scientific journal is rejecting a request to retract a study that found people who received a COVID-19 booster were more likely to become infected when compared to unvaccinated people.

Analyzing numbers from California’s prison system, a research group found that those who received one of the bivalent boosters had a higher infection rate than people who have never received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.