New research shows that nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year of use, but even more deaths could have been prevented if global targets had been reached.
New research shows nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year of use, but even more deaths could have been prevented if global targets had been reached.The researchers used data from 185 countries collected between December 8, 2020 and December 8, 2021
The findings "quantify just how much worse the pandemic could have been if we did not have these vaccines"
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