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Vaccines reduced global COVID deaths by 63 percent in 1st year

By Chelsie Burroughs

Published September 2, 2022 8:24 AM

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) - COVID-19 vaccines have helped to cut down the number of deaths around the world.

This data comes from the CDC.

It showed that in their first year of use, COVID-19 vaccines prevented an estimated 14 to 16 million deaths globally.

That represents a 63 percent reduction.

Despite this success in the United States, the increase of the COVID-19 vaccines appears to have stalled.

Two-thirds of Americans have gotten their initial two shots.

But less than half of those have gotten a booster.

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