In less than a year, COVID-19 vaccines may have saved 235,000 lives in the US alone

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US scientists say COVID-19 vaccines may have saved 235,000 lives and prevented 27m cases and 1.6m hospitalisations between December 2020 and October 2021. That represents an estimated 58% of expected deaths, 52% of expected infections, and 56% of expected hospitalisations, they say. The team used computer modelling to estimate the number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths prevented by vaccination.

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From: JAMA

Estimated Number of COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalizations, Deaths Prevented Among Vaccinated Adults in US

About The Study: In this modeling study, COVID-19 vaccination was estimated to prevent 27 million SARS-CoV-2 infections, 1.6 million hospitalizations and 235,000 deaths among vaccinated U.S. adults 18 years or older from December 2020 through September 2021.

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Organisation/s: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Funder: This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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