{"id":161863,"date":"2021-01-24T03:09:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T00:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mass-covid-vaccinations-accomplish-more-than-targeted-roll-outs\/"},"modified":"2021-01-24T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T00:09:51","slug":"mass-covid-vaccinations-accomplish-more-than-targeted-roll-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mass-covid-vaccinations-accomplish-more-than-targeted-roll-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mass COVID vaccinations accomplish more than targeted roll outs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mass COVID vaccinations accomplish more than targeted roll outs<\/strong>”
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Wearing masks and keeping our distance is how it needs to be until we reach herd immunity against COVID-19. And that\u2019s not going to happ<\/a>en unless \u2014 or until \u2014 the government launches a mass vaccination drive, new NYU research shows. <\/p>\n

Right now, immunizing vulnerable populations like those at high-risk is essentially the only option because both vaccines \u2014 Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna \u2014 are in short supply. <\/p>\n

But as soon as production ramps up, the federal government should kick up the number of shots \u2014 even more than President Biden\u2019s promise of 100 million in 100 days \u2014 so the country can reach herd immunity faster, according to the study.<\/p>\n

To hit that threshold of 70%, roughly 232 million of the nation\u2019s 331 million residents need to be vaccinated. In the month since injections started, government figures show 19.1 million <\/a>\u2013 front-line health care workers, those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and heart disease and older adults \u2014 have received their first shot. New York\u2019s total stands at 1.2 million<\/a>, including almost 521,000 in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil almost everybody is vaccinated, we can\u2019t think about life the way it used to be,\u201d said the study\u2019s lead scientist, Prof. Maurizio Porfiri of NYU\u2019s Tandon School of Engineering. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to get much relief doing the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The findings come from a model<\/a> done for New Rochelle, which morphed from bedroom community to the state\u2019s first hotspot nearly 10 months ago.<\/p>\n

Porfiri and his team chose New Rochelle both because of its place on the coronavirus timeline and its population of 78,000, which is typical of many US communities.<\/p>\n

The nine scientists added and subtracted variables, playing \u201cwhat-ifs,\u201d and looked at the effects from early March through late July. What if schools and businesses are in lockdown? Partially reopened? What if only nursing home residents are immunized? Hospital workers? Teachers? A quarter of the town?<\/p>\n

What they found was jarring. Deaths and new cases plummeted under lockdowns, even during reopening phases. New cases, for example, reached slightly more than 500 a week in mid-April with a statewide lockdown and school closures, but would have been double without any restrictions. Deaths totaled about 20 but would have spiked to about 45.<\/p>\n

Porfiri\u2019s team ran the vaccination scenarios with businesses and schools fully open. New weekly case totals hovered at 4,000 with the targeted vaccinations but dropped by a thousand when a quarter of New Rochelle had been given shots. And the weekly death toll plummeted from 125 to slightly more than 50.<\/p>\n

The upshot: In slashing deaths and new cases, lockdowns work and targeted immunizations don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to vaccinate a bunch of people. I\u2019m talking big, big numbers if we are going to stop this thing,\u201d Porfiri told The Post. \u201cUntil then, we\u2019re still going to need lockdowns and all the other stuff. They can\u2019t go away.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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