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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1976-1979.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210118.
Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination Timing and Risk Prioritization on Mortality Rates, United States
Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Kaitlyn E Johnson, Remy F Pasco, Spencer J Fox, Michael Lachmann, Jason S McLellan, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Abstract
During rollout of coronavirus disease vaccination, policymakers have faced critical trade-offs. Using a mathematical model of transmission, we found that timing of vaccination rollout would be expected to have a substantially greater effect on mortality rate than risk-based prioritization and uptake and that prioritizing first doses over second doses may be lifesaving.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Texas; United States; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; mathematical model; mortality; pandemics; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1976-1979.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210118.
Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination Timing and Risk Prioritization on Mortality Rates, United States
Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Kaitlyn E Johnson, Remy F Pasco, Spencer J Fox, Michael Lachmann, Jason S McLellan, Lauren Ancel Meyers
- PMID: 34152963
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.210118
Abstract
During rollout of coronavirus disease vaccination, policymakers have faced critical trade-offs. Using a mathematical model of transmission, we found that timing of vaccination rollout would be expected to have a substantially greater effect on mortality rate than risk-based prioritization and uptake and that prioritizing first doses over second doses may be lifesaving.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Texas; United States; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; mathematical model; mortality; pandemics; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.