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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS COVID death toll would be 4X higher without vaccines, modeling study finds
Shots also cut millions of hospitalizations and $1.5 trillion in medical bills.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/us-covid-death-toll-would-be-4x-higher-without-vaccines-modeling-study-finds/
Without COVID-19 vaccines, the US would have seen four times more deaths from the pandemic virusan additional 3 million lives lostas well as nearly four times more hospitalizations, 1.5 times more infections, and an additional $1.5 trillion in medical bills since December of 2020.
Those are the top-line results from a new modeling study by the Commonwealth Fund, which simulated the unmitigated effects of COVID-19 in the US from December 2020 to November 2022.
In all, the modeling estimated that COVID-19 vaccination prevented 3.25 million deaths, with a 95-percent confidence interval of 3.1 million to 3.4 million. Averted hospitalizations were estimated at 18.6 million, with a confidence interval of 17.8 million to 19.35 million. For infections, the model estimated a dodge of 119.85 million, with a confidence interval of 112.7 million to 127.1 million.
"The unprecedented pace at which vaccines were developed and deployed has saved many lives and allowed for safer easing of COVID-19 restrictions and reopening of businesses, schools, and other activities," the study authors concluded. "Moving forward, accelerating uptake of the new booster will be fundamental to averting future hospitalizations and deaths."
Those are the top-line results from a new modeling study by the Commonwealth Fund, which simulated the unmitigated effects of COVID-19 in the US from December 2020 to November 2022.
In all, the modeling estimated that COVID-19 vaccination prevented 3.25 million deaths, with a 95-percent confidence interval of 3.1 million to 3.4 million. Averted hospitalizations were estimated at 18.6 million, with a confidence interval of 17.8 million to 19.35 million. For infections, the model estimated a dodge of 119.85 million, with a confidence interval of 112.7 million to 127.1 million.
"The unprecedented pace at which vaccines were developed and deployed has saved many lives and allowed for safer easing of COVID-19 restrictions and reopening of businesses, schools, and other activities," the study authors concluded. "Moving forward, accelerating uptake of the new booster will be fundamental to averting future hospitalizations and deaths."
Study here: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/two-years-covid-vaccines-prevented-millions-deaths-hospitalizations
IMO: Vax deniers cost lives, money and misery.
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US COVID death toll would be 4X higher without vaccines, modeling study finds (Original Post)
usonian
Dec 2022
OP
Judge..I would like to enter this scientific modeling information into evidence..
asiliveandbreathe
Dec 2022
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republianmushroom
(13,785 posts)1. thank you for the info
GusBob
(7,286 posts)2. And DeSatan just announced a grand jury investigation of vaccines in Florida
Jesus political games with health care
SMFH
dalton99a
(81,663 posts)3. Murderous asshole.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)4. Judge..I would like to enter this scientific modeling information into evidence..
By all means..considering the FL Surgeon Genl is a wacko..please proceed...