COVID-19 vaccinations averted 2.5 million deaths, according to a new global modeling study.
Some 13.6 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccines were administered around the world from December 2020 through late 2024.
COVID-19 Vaccines Prevented Deaths, Primarily Among the Elderly: Study
The study used modeling and did not take into account deaths caused by the vaccinations.
A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle on Jan. 24, 2021. Grant Hindsley/AFP via Getty Images
