Posted on Jun 24, 2022
COVID vaccines saved 20 million lives in 1st year, scientists say
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Scientists estimate that nearly 20 million lives were saved worldwide by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year
Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday.
On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would become a global vaccination campaign. Over the next 12 months, more than 4.3 billion people around the world lined up for the vaccines.
The effort, though marred by persisting inequities, prevented deaths on an unimaginable scale, said Oliver Watson of Imperial College London, who led the new modeling study.
“Catastrophic would be the first word that comes to mind,” Watson said of the outcome if vaccines hadn't been available to fight the coronavirus. The findings “quantify just how much worse the pandemic could have been if we did not have these vaccines."
Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday.
On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would become a global vaccination campaign. Over the next 12 months, more than 4.3 billion people around the world lined up for the vaccines.
The effort, though marred by persisting inequities, prevented deaths on an unimaginable scale, said Oliver Watson of Imperial College London, who led the new modeling study.
“Catastrophic would be the first word that comes to mind,” Watson said of the outcome if vaccines hadn't been available to fight the coronavirus. The findings “quantify just how much worse the pandemic could have been if we did not have these vaccines."
COVID vaccines saved 20 million lives in 1st year, scientists say
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The bigger question is how many lives were lost to vaccines AND shutting down regular medical testing? It's not funny they don't give us these numbers. This doesn't mention the other poor policy of shoving COVID sick people back into nursing homes to infect other patients.
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This was done by Mayor Cuomo at the beginning of the pandemic even though the hospital ship was deployed nearby. Countless seniors died.
I am 59 years old and good health, physically fit and with no comorbidity factors. I got covid-19 at the beginning of may. I was sick for a week. I made a full recovery and I'm unvaccinated. Same thing with my wife who is 46. She had brain surgery seven years ago and she chose not to get it.
Look at dr. Fauci recently getting sick with a new variant of the coronavirus and you know he has all his boosters so the vaccine is not foolproof and it doesn't last very long. I know I am different than other people.
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https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/26/cuomos-nursing-home-fiasco-ethical-perils-pandemic-policymaking/
I am 59 years old and good health, physically fit and with no comorbidity factors. I got covid-19 at the beginning of may. I was sick for a week. I made a full recovery and I'm unvaccinated. Same thing with my wife who is 46. She had brain surgery seven years ago and she chose not to get it.
Look at dr. Fauci recently getting sick with a new variant of the coronavirus and you know he has all his boosters so the vaccine is not foolproof and it doesn't last very long. I know I am different than other people.
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https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/26/cuomos-nursing-home-fiasco-ethical-perils-pandemic-policymaking/
Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 nursing home fiasco shows the ethical perils of pandemic policymaking
Once a pandemic star, Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing home data poses an existential threat to his career. His mistakes offer lessons on ethical policymaking in times of crisis.
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LTC (Join to see) correction, Governor Cuomo the power-hungry politician who killed thousands of people.
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..."In another study of U.S. COVID-19 deaths that might have been averted, researchers at Brown University and Microsoft AI Health shared data with NPR that showed “many of the nearly 1 million COVID deaths took place in 2020 before the vaccines were available. But of the more than 641,000 people who died after vaccines were available, half of those deaths could have been averted — 318,981 — had every eligible adult gotten vaccinated.”
In some states, it said, more than half of the deaths could have been avoided. The study estimated, for instance, that 11,047 deaths in Tennessee were vaccine-preventable, as were 1,484 in Montana, 3,350 in Wyoming, 7,154 in Kentucky and 4,223 in Nevada. In other states, a lower share of deaths were preventable, such as in Utah, where 1,815 deaths might have been prevented, or 734 in Hawaii, 11,195 in New York and 21,730 in California.
The international study was funded by the World Health Organization, the UK Medical Research Council, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institute for Health Research and Community Jameel."
..."In another study of U.S. COVID-19 deaths that might have been averted, researchers at Brown University and Microsoft AI Health shared data with NPR that showed “many of the nearly 1 million COVID deaths took place in 2020 before the vaccines were available. But of the more than 641,000 people who died after vaccines were available, half of those deaths could have been averted — 318,981 — had every eligible adult gotten vaccinated.”
In some states, it said, more than half of the deaths could have been avoided. The study estimated, for instance, that 11,047 deaths in Tennessee were vaccine-preventable, as were 1,484 in Montana, 3,350 in Wyoming, 7,154 in Kentucky and 4,223 in Nevada. In other states, a lower share of deaths were preventable, such as in Utah, where 1,815 deaths might have been prevented, or 734 in Hawaii, 11,195 in New York and 21,730 in California.
The international study was funded by the World Health Organization, the UK Medical Research Council, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institute for Health Research and Community Jameel."
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