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Which covid-19 vaccine saved the most lives in 2021? A new study suggests a tie for first place
The Economist ^ | 07/13/2022

Posted on 07/16/2022 9:30:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The race to develop a vaccine against covid-19 was a matter of life and death. A recent study found that in 2021, 20 million lives were saved by the jabs. Researchers at Airfinity, a life-sciences data firm, have used those numbers—along with data on which shots were most widely administered in each country—to estimate which one averted most deaths.

Airfinity found that more than half of lives saved around the world could be attributed to just two vaccines, which shared first place: AstraZeneca-Oxford and Pfizer-BioNTech. Each averted between 5m and 7m deaths (because of the considerable uncertainty, The Economist deemed this a statistical tie). In third spot was the Sinovac vaccine (sometimes known as CoronoVac), at approximately 1.7m-2.2m lives saved, closely followed by Moderna at 1.5m-2m.

To estimate how many lives each type of vaccine had saved, Airfinity drew on a recent study by epidemiologists at Imperial College London. This study estimated the number of deaths averted in the first year of vaccination, which started on December 8th 2020. The company’s researchers then distributed these lives saved between jabs. To do so they relied on each vaccine’s share of inoculations by country by the time the study ended. They also accounted for slight differences in their efficacy at preventing death, as shown in clinical trials.

In doing so, they made several assumptions. First, that when a country had offered multiple types of jabs, these had been administered at similar times. In fact, this was not always the case. In Britain, for instance, inoculations were initially all delivered with Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine, and only later included those of Moderna and AstraZeneca-Oxford. Nor did Airfinity account for the fact that certain vaccines were given disproportionately to more vulnerable groups in a given country (such as the very old), which might have led to their saving more lives.

The study that Airfinity built on excluded China, where fewer data are available, as well as tiny countries with a population of less than 90,000. That suggests that all numbers should be a bit higher, and especially those for the Chinese jabs—though the limited spread of the virus in China also means the impact of their absence from the study is not as great as it might have been.

That AstraZeneca-Oxford and Pfizer-BioNTech emerged as the leaders by the end of 2021 should come as no surprise. Both ramped up production early, and by the end of the study period had by far the most doses administered outside China, at about 2bn and 1.5bn shots respectively. Moreover, many of their jabs went to older populations which were especially vulnerable to covid.

These numbers only show deaths averted by the end of 2021. Vaccines continue to save lives, and have allowed most countries to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy. In the race to develop covid jabs, at least 20m spectators and their loved ones have been the ultimate winners.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; vaccine
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To: semimojo

You sure?

Yeah...mine was sugar cubes...2 doses about a month apart.

The only boosters for anything I have had have been for tetanus.

Wuhan “vaccines” aren’t remotely close to any of that kind of protection. They apparently do little to nothing.

You certainly can not argue that they “saved” lives or made folks less sick. You don’t know that.


41 posted on 07/17/2022 3:12:54 AM PDT by Adder (Dumblecrats: Spending $$ we don't have on crap we don't need for people who pay no taxes.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.


42 posted on 07/17/2022 3:29:53 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: SeekAndFind

For us, ivermectin wins, except it’s not a vaccine.


43 posted on 07/17/2022 3:48:51 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Fewer unvaccinated have died than those vaccinated or boosted... study shows and has been released from UK.
44 posted on 07/17/2022 4:11:58 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: SeekAndFind
NOT BEING VACCINATED HAS SAVED MORE LIVES! .......

https://www.micdroppolitics.com/articles/uk-government-releases-bombshell-study-showing-covid-vax-increases-risk-of-death-and-kills-hundreds-of-thousands-after-five-months/

45 posted on 07/17/2022 4:14:49 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: SeekAndFind
Will 100 Million Die From Covid Injections by 2028?

Depending on who you listen to, there may be nothing to be concerned about. Then again, others are saying we should be talking about billions dead from the jabs. It's probably in between....

46 posted on 07/17/2022 5:56:41 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: SeekAndFind
I bought some Volcano Insurance, and didn't die as a result of volcanos. People say "But there hasn't been an eruption in Maine for 424 million years!" And I just tap the side of my head, make a little crescent moon eyed smirk, and smugly reply, "And thanks to getting insurance, there won't be one now."

Plus now I can take a cruise out on the lake in the Tige because I'm insured against volcanos while you're sitting at home making dishes out of clay.

47 posted on 07/17/2022 6:15:19 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why did insurance actuaries report increased excess deaths not until AFTER the injections?


48 posted on 07/17/2022 6:16:40 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: MarvinStinson

The question that should be asked is: How many people have been killed by these dangerous, untested and experimental gene therapy experiments?

And how bad are the autoimmune attacks that all the C-19 vaxxxxines start?

And how long will people be able to survive these autoimmune attacks? Excess deaths around the world suggest that significant numbers of the vaxxxxinated have already died.


49 posted on 07/17/2022 6:18:38 AM PDT by politicianslie (Those who got vaxxed need to update their wills. You are a guinea pig in a dangerous drug trial.)
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To: grumpygresh

Excess deaths started AFTER vaxxination started?

Everyone who has been vaxxxxed knows correlation does NOT prove causation!

We should expect long Covid to keep killing long after the initial C-19 waves are over

Yeah, that’s what is killing so many of the vaxxxxxxinated. The vaxxxxines are all perfectly safe and they are ALL extremely safe! The science is settled and all debate must stop immediately, now go get your 6 month booster before we call your death unvaccinated. /sarc


50 posted on 07/17/2022 6:39:11 AM PDT by politicianslie (Those who got vaxxed need to update their wills. You are a guinea pig in a dangerous drug trial.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Prove that ANY of the “vaccines” saved a single life. Go ahead, I’ll wait.


51 posted on 07/17/2022 6:49:12 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SeekAndFind

I haven’t seen DugwayDuke or any of the other Branch Covidians around here in awhile.


52 posted on 07/17/2022 8:11:37 AM PDT by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: semimojo

Do they separate the died with COVID from the died from COVID?

What percent of children..that did NOT get the jab died from COVID?


53 posted on 07/17/2022 8:16:34 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: grumpygresh

RE: Why did insurance actuaries report increased excess deaths not until AFTER the injections?

I would appreciate your providing a reliable source ( link ) for this information.


54 posted on 07/17/2022 8:22:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: high info voter

RE: Fewer unvaccinated have died than those vaccinated or boosted... study shows and has been released from UK.

Could you kindly provide a link for this information? Thanks.


55 posted on 07/17/2022 8:25:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Leep
Do they separate the died with COVID from the died from COVID?

Does it matter? Either way you are less likely to die if you’re vaccinated.

What percent of children..that did NOT get the jab died from COVID?

Pretty small.

56 posted on 07/17/2022 8:29:39 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo

It manipulates the numbers.

I hadhad COVID twice.
In both instances I had a very small chance of dying.
Can’t say what the odds are..had I opted to take the shots...that I would have had a reaction to the jab.
Or, I would have dropped over dead in a matter of hours after getting the shot.

Getting the jab would not changed my odds of living.


57 posted on 07/17/2022 8:38:57 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Sicon

The best CLAIM they can’t make is that the jabs lessen the severity of the symptoms.
This would only benefit the elderly and/or people with pre existing issues.

It did not stop the transmission of the germ.

And the mask were worgless.

And for a this..they nearly ruined our economy.

Giving it to children was just plain ghoulish.


58 posted on 07/17/2022 8:47:05 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: hardspunned
Most of “science” today, at least that discussed in our MSM is junk. It merely supports some ideological belief system. It's trash which is mere clutter in the mind and distracts from the real issues.

Much of the “science” our government presents has been twisted by a political and economic interest filter. It basically is selling a politician, party (Covid), or is making someone a fortune (Ozone hole). This so called science has a bit more of an objective and relevant appearance on the surface, but today's standards are so low that even a basic analysis reveals how it's also just trash. However, this is trash which gets FORCED upon you through the law and regulations, i.e. forced shut downs of private businesses, mandatory social distancing, closing churches, telling people they are forbidden to gather in groups even in their own homes... mandatory masking, mandatory vaccines... And what did it all achieve?

Truth is Covid and how our government reacted flew in the face of decades of established science and medicine where we KNEW masks do not work (even Fauci admitted that earlier), and where historically we quarantine those at risk, let the disease run it's course and then use the herd immunity achieved to protect those at risk after the wave passes.

The term “science” has become another badge that you stick on some agenda or argument to give yourself credibility. It's another slogan that needs to be added to any movement in order to appear as the logical and smart way of doing things. However, people are no longer discerning/discriminatory enough to separate what is fake from real. They lack even the most basic reasoning skills and that is why the “science” behind Covid took off like it did. The “science” behind Covid:

Ad hominem attacks: anti-vaxxer, science denier, irresponsible, unprofessional, reckless, unpatriotic. https://www.axios.com/2021/12/21/biden-covid-testing-omicron-patriotic-duty

Bandwagon: every celebrity, politician, and most people are doing it, you should too. https://ew.com/celebrity/celebrities-getting-covid-19-vaccine/

Appeal to authority: doctor Fauci wearing a white lab coat says so, so did John Hopkins, it must be true! https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/03/anthony-fauci-double-masking-nr-sot-vpx.cnn

Appeal to force: if you do not comply we will fire you (vaccine refusals), fine you (if you don't close your business), arrest you (if you keep operating you business during the lockdown). https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/terry-lynn-wright-woman-arrested-twice-for-refusing-to-wear-mask-found-guilty/285-8d242144-7a66-4a2b-822a-f149d06020d3

Appeal to emotions: “This will be the winter of sickness and death for the unvaxxed.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/politics/joe-biden-warning-winter/index.html

However, what was missing in all of this were actual arguments, real empirical measures (they were almost all BS, the vaccines efficacy, death rates, side effects of vaccine)... Today we live in a world where “science” is bent to give one the answers we are looking for and that is as true for Covid as it is with the zero emission vehicle, climate change models, ozone hole... The only real common denominator here is that the people are to stupid to question what is blatant deception and should get people with college degrees that have a basic understanding of math and statistics throwing these lies around, fired.

Can't we just do it like this? If you pay Pfizer and Moderna $1,000 per head, you can not get the vaccine and live a normal life... and politicians will leave you alone, in the home of the free and brave where you have privacy rights with HIPAA.

59 posted on 07/17/2022 9:42:52 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Red6

Lysenkoism, plain and simple. Same people, same purpose, same result (mass starvation).

https://scholar.harvard.edu/kleelerner/publications/lysenkoism-deadly-mix-pseudoscience-and-political-ideology


60 posted on 07/17/2022 10:28:13 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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