Posted on Jun 3, 2022
Over 8,500 COVID deaths in Missouri may have been prevented if more residents were vaccinated
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Only 66% of adults in Missouri are fully vaccinated, the 10th lowest rate in the country. But a new analysis found that more than half of the 14,000 deaths attributed to COVID in the state since January 2021 may have been prevented if all adults had their vaccines.
If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the over 14,000 deaths attributed to the virus since January 2021 may have been prevented, a new analysis concluded.
The analysis, performed by researchers at the Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Microsoft AI for Health, aims to explore an alternate scenario if demand for the COVID-19 vaccine had continued at peak levels.
If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the over 14,000 deaths attributed to the virus since January 2021 may have been prevented, a new analysis concluded.
The analysis, performed by researchers at the Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Microsoft AI for Health, aims to explore an alternate scenario if demand for the COVID-19 vaccine had continued at peak levels.
Over 8,500 COVID deaths in Missouri may have been prevented if more residents were vaccinated
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What is interesting is that there are people who are afraid of vaccines because 55,000 COVID vaccinated people have died. We have an average of over 166,000 people die every day. There is nothing to prove that those 55,000 are not part of the normal average. Get vaccinated everyone, please.
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See "dying of whiteness" researched by a psychiatrist/sociologist as the state is one that he researched showing that whites are more hesitant about seeking proactive healthcare.
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..."In Missouri, an estimated 8,585 deaths could have been avoided if 100% of adults were vaccinated — ranking Missouri seventh-highest when calculating vaccine preventable deaths per 1 million. That number drops to 6,595 if 90% were vaccinated and 5,571 if 85% were vaccinated.
“It’s not surprising, but it’s still sad to see those numbers,” said Lynelle Phillips, president of the Missouri Immunization Coalition and vice president of the Missouri Public Health Association.
There were 14,289 COVID-19 deaths during the span of the analysis. Altogether amid the pandemic, there have been over 20,600 COVID-19 deaths in Missouri according to state data. More than 1 million died of the virus nationwide — although experts say thousands of COVID deaths across the country went unreported.
“The state and the country have a choice to make about using a very effective tool we’ve been able to make available fairly quickly in this pandemic,” said Stefanie Friedhoff, a Brown University School of Public Health professor and one of the analysis’ authors. “If they choose not to, more people will die that don’t have to die. That’s just very clear.”...
..."In Missouri, an estimated 8,585 deaths could have been avoided if 100% of adults were vaccinated — ranking Missouri seventh-highest when calculating vaccine preventable deaths per 1 million. That number drops to 6,595 if 90% were vaccinated and 5,571 if 85% were vaccinated.
“It’s not surprising, but it’s still sad to see those numbers,” said Lynelle Phillips, president of the Missouri Immunization Coalition and vice president of the Missouri Public Health Association.
There were 14,289 COVID-19 deaths during the span of the analysis. Altogether amid the pandemic, there have been over 20,600 COVID-19 deaths in Missouri according to state data. More than 1 million died of the virus nationwide — although experts say thousands of COVID deaths across the country went unreported.
“The state and the country have a choice to make about using a very effective tool we’ve been able to make available fairly quickly in this pandemic,” said Stefanie Friedhoff, a Brown University School of Public Health professor and one of the analysis’ authors. “If they choose not to, more people will die that don’t have to die. That’s just very clear.”...
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