Maciej F Boni
@maciekboni.bsky.social
Professor of Biology, Temple University's Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Department of Biology, Sunny Philadelphia, USA
Reposted by Maciej F Boni
It’s also a reminder that since then we saw, and continue to see, large amounts of preventable suffering and death pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Estimated preventable COVID-19-associated deaths due to non-vaccination in the United States
While some studies have previously estimated lives saved by COVID-19 vaccination, we estimate how many deaths could have been averted by vaccination in the US but were not because of a failure to vaccinate. We used a simple method based on a ...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s also a reminder that since then we saw, and continue to see, large amounts of preventable suffering and death pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Did non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like masks & bans on large gathering work to reduce COVID cases? Yes, the data tell us that they did. Minutes 18-21 show what we saw at state level. In general (not always) states with stronger messaging and better compliance had fewer COVID deaths. 4/
September 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Did non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like masks & bans on large gathering work to reduce COVID cases? Yes, the data tell us that they did. Minutes 18-21 show what we saw at state level. In general (not always) states with stronger messaging and better compliance had fewer COVID deaths. 4/
Did opening schools increase viral transmission? See minutes 53-58. COVID cases increased by 10%-30% when you compared open/partially open schools to closed schools. Thru June 2021, 600K Americans died. What should school policy have been during this period? Likely the hardest q we have to answer 3/
September 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Did opening schools increase viral transmission? See minutes 53-58. COVID cases increased by 10%-30% when you compared open/partially open schools to closed schools. Thru June 2021, 600K Americans died. What should school policy have been during this period? Likely the hardest q we have to answer 3/
Some key points. Consider the nature of the emergency. You wake up one morning, it's March 2020, and a half a million people are about to die; minutes 41:45 to 44:00 give you an explanation of the primary risks and secondary risks during this period. 2/
September 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Some key points. Consider the nature of the emergency. You wake up one morning, it's March 2020, and a half a million people are about to die; minutes 41:45 to 44:00 give you an explanation of the primary risks and secondary risks during this period. 2/