© Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Syringes that have been prepared with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may generate more than double the number of antibodies compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.

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The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may generate more than double the number of antibodies compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.© Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Syringes that have been prepared with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may generate more than double the number of antibodies compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.

Does Moderna offer better protection than Pfizer?

The study — published Monday in a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association — reviewed more than 2,500 health care workers from Belgium.

Researchers found antibody levels were higher in Moderna recipients compared to those who got the Pfizer vaccine, according to Bloomberg.

• Moderna patients had 2,881 antibody units per milliliter on average.
• Pfizer patients averaged 1,108 units per milliliter

READ MORE HERE: This COVID-19 vaccine may create twice as many antibodies as Pfizer (msn.com)