U.S. government COVID vaccine campaign saved $732 billion in averted infections, costs --study

Study: HHS's COVID vaccine campaign saved $732 billion in averted infections, costs The US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved $732 billion by averting illness and related costs during the Delta and Omicron variant waves, with a return of nearly $90 for every dollar spent, estimates a study by HHS and the research firm Fors Marsh. CIDRAP

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Nearly 52,000 American lives saved

The researchers estimated that the campaign encouraged 22.3 million Americans to complete their primary COVID-19 vaccine series, preventing nearly 2.6 million infections, including nearly 244,000 hospitalizations.

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