Prognosis
Vaccine Skepticism Risks Increasing Covid Mortality Ninefold
- France risks 8.7 times more deaths with hesitancy: study
- Researchers see potential 236 extra fatalities per million
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Countries with significant numbers of people refusing or delaying a Covid-19 vaccine could face death rates from the disease that are as much as nine times higher than in other populations, according to a new study.
Vaccine skepticism over the next two years could mean high mortality rates persist beyond the current, more acute phase of the pandemic and threatens the successful rollout of shots globally, researchers at Imperial College London said.