A FIFTH of US Covid deaths could have been prevented had victims been vaccinated, analysis finds
An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that one-fifth of COVID-19 deaths in America could have been prevented by the Covid vaccines
The analysis finds that 163,000 people who died of the virus would not have if they had chosen to get vaccinated
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By Mansur Shaheen U.S. Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.Com
Published: 17:57 EST, 15 December 2021 | Updated: 18:02 EST, 15 December 2021
Approximately 168,000 of the 800,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented by the Covid vaccines, a new analysis finds.
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analyzed Covid death data in the U.S., and found that tens-of-thousands of deaths over the past six months could have been prevented if people had gotten vaccinated.
They used the death rate among fully vaccinated people - who do occasionally die from the virus despite the overall rarity - and calculated how many unvaccinated people would have lived if they had received the jab.
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