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With the U.S. passing the 1 million mark in COVID-19 deaths, a national study estimates how many of those tragedies were preventable through vaccination: roughly half.
Brown University (globalepidemics.org/vaccinations) studied cases when 641,305 had died, calculating that 318,981 were preventable. With its higher vaccine uptake, Hawaii had the fifth-lowest rate of avoidable deaths: 658 per 1 million population.
With infections on the rise, it’s wise to remember that precautions do work.