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Vaccinating the oldest against COVID-19 saves both the most lives and most years of life

Many competing criteria are under consideration for prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination. Two criteria based on age are demographic: lives saved and years of future life saved. Vaccinating the very old against COVID-19 saves the most lives, but, since older age is accompanied by falling life expectancy...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Joshua R., Cassidy, Thomas, Wachter, Kenneth W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33632802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026322118