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 Expediting COVID-19 vaccination could prevent millions of deaths and save billions of dollars


Several researchers have called for vaccine rollouts to happen as fast and equitably as possible in order to fight against Covid-19 pandemic.


It is stated that expediting COVID-19 vaccination could prevent millions of deaths and save billions of dollars. The vast and speed vaccination is crucial because increasing vaccination coverage can save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in medical and economic costs. In fact, vaccination is now happening in the world at various speeds for a variety of reasons. This research is carried out by several scientists from Public Health Informatics, Computational, and Operations Research. Researchers found that the gains in protection really start once 20% of the population has been vaccinated. And, they show that increasing vaccine coverage is better at preventing cases than using a more efficacious vaccine. So, increasing vaccination coverage by just 1% can save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in medical costs and losts economic productivity.


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