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Alarming X-rays show lung damage difference between vaxxed and unvaxxed Covid patients
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!For the first time, X-ray images have shed light on how getting vaccinated against coronavirus can help protect the lungs.Doctors have published photos of people who've been tested positive for Covid, both with and without getting the vaccine.Patients who had been vaccinated had much clearer lungs than those who hadn't, where the lungs looked cloudier.The white on the unvaccinated patient's X-ray indicates the damage done by Covid, and could be bacteria, mucus, or other secretions, Dr Ghassan Kamel, ICU director at the Saint Louis University Hospital in Missouri, told St Louis TV station KSDK.In comparison, the vaccinated patient has more black areas in their lungs, which shows