90,000 COVID-19 Deaths Since June Were Preventable: Analysis

ACROSS AMERICA — At least 90,000 COVID-19 deaths that occurred among unvaccinated U.S. adults since June could have been prevented, a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.

A majority of the fatalities — about 49,000 — happened in September as the highly contagious delta variant prompted a spike in cases and hospitalizations in nearly every U.S. states, The Hill reported, citing the analysis.

To determine if a death was preventable, researchers examined all unvaccinated deaths since June — about six weeks after U.S. adults became eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine and full immunity would have set in after receiving two doses. Researchers then used results from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showing the vaccine was 91 percent effective against deaths to estimate how many unvaccinated fatalities were preventable.

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