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Nearly 280,000 Lives Saved By COVID-19 Vaccine: Research

Research led by Yale University and the Commonwealth Fund also found vaccines prevented more than 1.25 million hospitalizations.

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Maryland National Guard Specialist James Truong administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine at CASA de Maryland's Wheaton Welcome Center. New research concludes the vaccine has likely saved 280,000 American lives.
Maryland National Guard Specialist James Truong administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine at CASA de Maryland's Wheaton Welcome Center. New research concludes the vaccine has likely saved 280,000 American lives. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

ACROSS AMERICA — New estimates released by Yale University and the Commonwealth Fund found that coronavirus vaccines are responsible for saving at least 280,000 American lives and preventing more than 1.25 million hospitalizations.

The release of the estimates, mentioned Thursday during the White House's daily coronavirus briefing, comes just a day after the world surpassed 4 million total deaths attributed to the coronavirus.

To reach their conclusions, researchers compared actual trends in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths against a modeled trajectory of what those trends would have looked like without an available vaccine. The model also took into account the prevalence and transmissibility of new variants, vaccine efficacy rates, mobility patterns and age-specific risks.

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