[Link] New Lancet study: Impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccinations

A mathematical modelling study to estimate:

• Number of additional lives lost if no vaccines had  been distributed: 14.4 million deaths averted by vaccine distribution, representing a global reduction of 63% in total deaths during the first year of vaccination
• Additional deaths that could have been averted had the vaccination targets of 20% by COVAX and 40% set by WHO been achieved by the end of 2021: An additional 45% of deaths could have been averted if each country met the COVAX target, and 111% of deaths could have been averted if each country met the WHO target.