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The vaccines against CoVid have prevented 8 million cases of the disease in the US, prevented at least 120 thousand American deaths, and kept 700 thousand of our friends and relatives out of the hospital.  These statistics come from the Columbia School of Public Health.

 

The CoVid vaccines received emergency use authorizations in December of 2020 for first line healthcare workers and those in long-term care facilities.  Within months, the vaccines were made available to seniors 65 years and up and then those 16-64 with high-risk medical issues. By May 2021, all those 12 years and older were eligible, and, by November 2021 the 5 to 11 year olds were included.

 

Despite the availability, only 68% of Americans have been fully vaccinated and only 40% have received any of the recommended boosters.  As of the 3rd week of September, only about 4% have received the latest Omicron boosters.

 

Just think about how many of the 1 million plus who have died from CoVid could have been saved by universal vaccination.

 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.23.22280281v1.full.pdf+html

https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&mid=%2Fm%2F09c7w0&state=7&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

 

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