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How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? We used state data on deaths and vaccination rates to find out

  • Written by Sumedha Gupta, Associate Professor of Economics, IUPUI
How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? We used state data on deaths and vaccination rates to find outClinical trials demonstrate how effective vaccines are individually, but the real world shows how effective they are at a population level.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, PoolHow many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? We used state data on deaths and vaccination rates to find outCC BY-ND

More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives.

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