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US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative approaches

  • Written by Audrey L. McCombs, PhD. Candidate in Ecology and Statistics, Iowa State University
US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative approachesIn the U.S., people were placed into four groups for vaccine access.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s plan for who gets vaccines and in what order saved nearly as many lives and prevented nearly as many infections as a...

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