评估日本的COVID-19疫苗接种计划,2021年使用反事实复制号码
Taishi Kayano1, Yura Ko2,3, Kanako Otani2
1Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Scientific reports
|October 18, 2023
概括
日本的COVID-19疫苗接种在2021年Delta变种流行期间显著减少了97%以上的死亡. 早些时候的疫苗推出可能会阻止数百万病例和死亡.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病建模 传染病建模
背景情况:
- 日本全国范围的COVID-19疫苗接种计划始于2021年,每天接种超过100万人.
- 这种疫苗接种计划对人口水平的影响,特别是在德尔塔变种激增期间,需要进行彻底的评估.
研究的目的:
- 在2021年三角洲变种流行期间,评估日本COVID-19疫苗的有效性.
- 模拟早期疫苗接种对感染和死亡率的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 用一个更新过程模型来分析确诊的COVID-19病例.
- 一个传播模型与2021年2月17日至11月30日的流行病学数据相匹配.
- 模拟了反事实场景,以估计没有疫苗接种和早期实施的结果.
主要成果:
- 在没有接种疫苗的情况下,预计约有6330万例感染和364,000例死亡.
- 事实上,实际数字要低得多:感染人数为470万,死亡人数为1万.
- 与没有接种疫苗的情况相比,接种疫苗可以将死亡率降低超过97%.
- 如果疫苗推出早14天,病例可能会减少54%,死亡可能会减少48%.
结论:
- 在2021年期间,COVID-19疫苗接种在日本表现出非常高的有效性.
- 疫苗接种计划的时间对于减轻COVID-19的疾病负担至关重要.
- 迅速,基于证据的决策对于有效应对流行病的公共卫生反应至关重要.
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