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Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
The pandemic has highlighted the increased risk of airborne transmission risk in INDOOR environments w/out ventilation. But it turns out we know very little about rates of indoor activity and how this varies by location. A 🧵on a new study in which we start to fill this gap (1/)
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
(1/3) We've said it before and we'll say it again: VACCINES. SAVE. LIVES.
New research from YSPH's @Alison_Galvani, @Pratha_Sah, @abhiganit & colleagues from @commonwealthfnd finds COVID vaccinations have now prevented 2.2 million deaths & 17 million hospitalizations in the U.S.
Vaccines work! Our new analysis in collaboration with DOHMH shows that the vaccination campaign in NYC saved over 47,500 lives and prevented over 300,000 hospitalizations from December 14, 2020, through January 31, 2022. With @Alison_Galvani @ThomasVilches1 @EricSchneiderMD
📢 𝟰𝟴,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
Since our COVID-19 vaccination campaign began, we estimate 48,000 lives have been saved — and an immense amount of suffering avoided — due to vaccines.
More on the study: on.nyc.gov/3sE6R6S
ALT Chart shows potential deaths due to COVID during the delta and omicron waves compared to the relatively few deaths that actually happened in NYC, attributable to vaccination. Text reads: Saving lives: lower death rates. COVID-19 in NYC: actual 7-day average death rates vs. modeled (without vaccines) from October 2020 to February 2022.
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
“Encouraging people who are already vaccinated to get boosted should in theory be much more straightforward,” said @Pratha_Sah.
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Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
COVID vaccines have prevented 1.1 million deaths and 10.3 million hospitalizations in the U.S., according to a recent study by @YaleSPH researchers @Alison_Galvani and @Pratha_Sah and @commonwealthfnd.
Thanks for sharing these findings, @BillGates!
ALT LinkedIn post from Bill Gates reads, The pandemic isn’t over, and the world has more work to do—but it’s worth taking a moment to celebrate the lives that have been saved. Link preview reads The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts vox.com and shows graph of projected COVID deaths with and without vaccinations. There would have been a huge surge of deaths Aug-Oct without vaccinations.
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
(1/6) Three @YaleSPH research publications that advanced science and influenced policy have been identified as among the best papers of 2021 by @AnnalsofIM, @Health_Affairs & @commonwealthfnd: m.yale.edu/tt87
ALT Yale School of Public Health faculty and staff headshots: A. David Paltiel, Alison Galvani, Jason Schwartz and Pratha Sah.
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
The #COVID19 vaccine rollout in the US saved an estimated 240,000 lives and averted 1.13 million hospitalizations from the start of vaccination campaign to June 30, 2021. @Alison_Galvani @Pratha_Sah @MeaganCFitz @abhiganit ja.ma/3zLgxhI
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
"While the Omicron variant is posing a new threat to overburdened hospitals and health care workers, rapidly increasing the pace of booster vaccination could blunt its impact." - @YaleSPH's @Alison_Galvani & @Pratha_Sah w/ colleagues from @commonwealthfnd
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Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
Vaccines save lives. Read the new @YaleSPH & @commonwealthfnd study mentioned by Dr. Fauci here: commonwealthfund.org/publica… @Alison_Galvani @Pratha_Sah
1.1 million lives saved.
10 million hospitalizations avoided.
That's what vaccines do.
Watch the full episode of #PathForward with Dr. Fauci here: youtu.be/RhzXPY052W4
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
A new study from @YaleSPH & @commonwealthfnd finds that COVID vaccines have saved 1 million lives and prevented 10 million hospitalizations in the U.S.: bit.ly/VaccinesSave1Million
The first U.S. COVID vaccine was given a year ago this week.
@Alison_Galvani @Pratha_Sah
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
1 👏 MILLION 👏 LIVES 👏 SAVED 👏
New research from @YaleSPH's @Alison_Galvani, @Pratha_Sah & colleagues at @commonwealthfnd on the lifesaving power of COVID vaccines ⬇️
The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program averted nearly 1.1 million additional COVID-19 deaths and more than 10.3 million additional COVID-19 hospitalizations in just one year.
New research from @YaleSPH and @commonwealthfnd: buff.ly/3IQwYNS
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
@EricSchneiderMD @Alison_Galvani @Pratha_Sah and on the impact of year 1 of the U.S. #COVID19 vaccination campaign.
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Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
So now with @Alison_Galvani @YaleSPH we've actually measured the adverse health impact of this antiscience aggression and rhetoric. As we've just reported in @TheLancetInfDis that's 16,235 unnecessary deaths in state of Florida
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Our new study shows that a total of over 22000 deaths and 98,000 hospitalizations could have been prevented in Texas and Florida by the end of July if those two states had vaccination coverage of ~74% like New England states. w/ @Alison_Galvani @PeterHotez @EricSchneiderMD
What if Texas and Florida had vaccinated at the level of New England by July 31st?
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Prevention of:
Deaths: Texas 6,353, Florida 16,235
Hospitalizations: Texas 37,587, Florida 61,327
@Pratha_Sah @Alison_Galvani @YaleSPH @PeterHotez @TheLancetInfDis
We projected the impact of increasing vaccination rate in 10 US states, incl 5 in the south past the Delta surge peak. Accelerating vaccination in these states can save 6000+ lives between Sept and March. It's still not too late to save lives! w/ @Alison_Galvani @EricSchneiderMD
Through March 2022, increasing daily COVID-19 vaccination by 50% would prevent approximately 19,500 hospitalizations and 6,900 deaths across 10 states studied, find YSPH's @Alison_Galvani & @Pratha_Sah & colleagues from @commonwealthfnd & @yorkuniversity.
ALT Figure shows difference in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths between status quo scenario and scenario in which states increased vaccination rate by 50% above their rate in the last week of August 2021. For additional details see “How We Conducted This Study.” Data: Authors’ analysis based on method described in Pratha Sah et al., “Implications of Suboptimal COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage in Florida and Texas,” The Lancet Infectious Diseases, in press. Source: Eric C Schneider et al., “How Many COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths Can Be Averted if States Immediately Accelerate Their Vaccination Efforts?,” To the Point (blog), Commonwealth Fund, Oct. 5, 2021. https://doi.org/10.26099/xm9p-7f94
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
Good news for parents this morning. For the first time, we have vaccine data for children age 5-11. It is early and still needs to be peer-reviewed, but looks good. "Safe” and a “robust” antibody response." And, this age group makes up ~9% of the population. @Pfizer
In our new study, we estimate that overall population immunity (vaccine induced+naturally acquired) in the US was 62.0% as of July 15th. Not enough to go back to normal, esp. with the continued emergence of highly transmissible #COVID19 variants. w/
@Alison_Galvani
Study from @YaleSPH and @yorkuniversity suggests U.S. population immunity against #COVID19 still insufficient to resume pre-pandemic social behavior. Increased #vaccination needed to prevent additional waves, evolution of novel variants. @Alison_Galvani acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
ALT social distancing, virus, distance
Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
“The bottom line is that vaccination saves lives,” @Alison_Galvani explains to @yaledailynews. How many lives? Hundreds of thousands in the U.S. alone, find Galvani and @Pratha_Sah in a recent study with @commonwealthfnd.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/…
#COVID19 vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands lives in the US and have kept even more Americans out of hospitals. Great article by @yaledailynews on our recent work 👇
SCITECH | “The pace of our vaccination efforts has saved over 100,000 lives,” President Joe Biden announced at a press conference on Aug. 23. He was citing the results of a study conducted by the Yale School of Public Health.
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Pratha Sah, PhD retweeted
Thanks for the shout-out, @POTUS! Learn more about our recent study on the lifesaving power of COVID-19 vaccines: news.yale.edu/2021/07/08/us-… @Alison_Galvani
Find a COVID vaccine near you today: vaccines.gov
Full speech: cnbc.com/2021/08/23/biden-sp…