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How many lives have been saved by covid-19 vaccines?
A new study estimates that the number is greater than the population of Chile
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Covid-19 vaccines began saving lives in clinical trials. But a new study, based in part on The Economist’s estimate of the pandemic’s true death toll, attempts to model just how many lives have been spared since vaccines became widely available to the public. (See chart.)
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