COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths averted under an accelerated vaccination program in northeastern and southern regions of the USA

• Main Authors: Thomas N. Vilches (Author), Pratha Sah (Author), Seyed M. Moghadas (Author), Affan Shoukat (Author), Meagan C. Fitzpatrick (Author), Peter J. Hotez (Author), Eric C. Schneider (Author), Alison P. Galvani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic peaked in the US at 160,000 daily cases, concentrated primarily in southern states. As the Delta variant has continued to spread, we evaluated the impact of accelerated vaccination on reducing hospitalization and deaths across northeastern an...