A new estimate is even higher:
One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 13, 2022
Nationally, nearly 319,000 deaths could have been prevented with vaccination, according a new estimate. https://t.co/88M9amVCVC
The human cost of anti-vaccine politicking is almost incomprehensible in scale. https://t.co/ZeJH8knvH6
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 21, 2022
Most adults in the U.S. have gotten a #COVID19 vaccine, but most of those who have died from the virus have been unvaccinated.
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) April 22, 2022
Our analysis estimates that vaccines could have prevented 234,000 deaths since June: https://t.co/MxPhJXH9wg pic.twitter.com/yoGvliuFLO
Who is still dying of COVID in 2022?
— Emma Wager (@emmawage) April 21, 2022
In 23 studied U.S. jurisdictions, among people who died of COVID in January:
78% were 65 & over
58% were unvaccinated
87% didn't have a booster shot
15% were under 65 & unvaccinated
Only 1.5% were under 65 & boostedhttps://t.co/0WN7zxmOQY pic.twitter.com/yJnDR8fyzB
Over 10 months, COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 1.5 million infections and about 20,000 deaths in California, a new study estimates https://t.co/xS0a9dabrU
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 22, 2022
Sad! 