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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2022

Return to normal pre-COVID-19 life is delayed by inequitable vaccine allocation and SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Feng Liu, Zebin Zhao, Chunfeng Ma, Xiaowei Nie, Adan Wu, Xin Li

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Feng LiuNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou730000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5872-3709
Zebin ZhaoNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou730000, China.
Chunfeng MaNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou730000, China.
Xiaowei NieState Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), National Tibetan Plateau Data Center, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100101, China.
Adan WuNorthwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou730000, China.
Xin LiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China.

Funding

Gansu Province Science and Technology Plan Alliance of International Science Organizations Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Alliance of International Science Organizations
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, whether and when the world can reach herd immunity and return to normal life and a strategy for accelerating vaccination programmes constitute major concerns. We employed Metropolis-Hastings sampling and an epidemic model to design experiments based on the current vaccinations administered and a more equitable vaccine allocation scenario. The results show that most high-income countries can reach herd immunity in less than 1 year, whereas low-income countries should reach this state after more than 3 years. With a more equitable vaccine allocation strategy, global herd immunity can be reached in 2021. However, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants means that an additional 83 days will be needed to reach global herd immunity and that the number of cumulative cases will increase by 113.37% in 2021. With the more equitable vaccine allocation scenario, the number of cumulative cases will increase by only 5.70% without additional vaccine doses. As SARS-CoV-2 variants arise, herd immunity could be delayed to the point that a return to normal life is theoretically impossible in 2021. Nevertheless, a more equitable global vaccine allocation strategy, such as providing rapid vaccine assistance to low-income countries/regions, can improve the prevention of COVID-19 infection even though the virus could mutate.

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Epidemiological ModelsImmunity, HerdCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesGlobal HealthHealth EquityHumansInternational CooperationResource AllocationSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesAdministered vaccinationsCOVID-19delta variantherd immunityvaccine effectiveness

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PMID35067231
PMCPMC9058660

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