COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy could lead to thousands of extra deaths

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy could lead to thousands of extra deaths Hesitancy around COVID-19 vaccines could lead to thousands of extra deaths over a two-year period, Imperial epidemiologists show.

High numbers of people refusing or delaying a vaccine could increase the mortality rate by up to eight times compared with ideal vaccination uptake. Imperial College London

See also:

• Report 43 - Quantifying the impact of vaccine hesitancy in prolonging the need for Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to control the COVID-19 pandemic Imperial College London