COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Prevented 17,000 Deaths’: Australian Scientists

The study relied on mathematical modelling using government data, with authors admitting the study had some limitations.

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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is estimated to have “prevented 17,760 deaths,” according to Australian researchers.

Their study suggests that mortality would have been much greater if the population had not been quickly vaccinated, the researchers claim.