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⇱ How COVID vaccines shaped 2021 in eight powerful charts


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A year ago, vaccine drives against COVID-19 were just beginning. Now, more than 4.4 billion people have had one or more dose β€” about 56% of the world population. The vaccination of so many in such a short space of time, so soon after the unparalleled rapid development of the vaccines, has saved huge numbers of lives and is a triumph for science and research.

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Nature 600, 580-583 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03686-x

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