# @yalesph on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqQF9-gWNf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12512000-yalesph-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-12-11T14:05:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Yale School of Public Health (@yalesph) — https://gondola.cc/yalesph

## Caption

It's as important as ever to continue to mask up, social distance and wash your hands. As we get closer and closer to vaccine distribution in the U.S., these prevention measures will give vaccines less work to do and therefore get us out of this pandemic quicker.

In fact, controlling how fast the coronavirus is spreading when a vaccine is introduced is an even bigger factor in saving lives than the effectiveness of a vaccine itself, finds a recent Yale School of Public Health study.

🔗Read more through our link in bio.

Image description: Infographic with quote "Well get out of this pandemic faster if we give the vaccine less work to do." - A. David Paltiel in the New York Times. Below quote is data that shows at the current level of infection in the U.S. (200,000 cases/day) and a vaccine that is 95% effective, we'll see 160,000 COVID-19 deaths in the 6 months after vaccine is introduced vs. if infection rates were as low as they were in September (35,000 cases/day) with a vaccine that is 50% effective, we’d see only 60,000 deaths in the 6 months after vaccine is introduced.
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #Vaccines #Prevention #WashYourHands #MaskUp #SocialDistance

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covid19, washyourhands, prevention, maskup, coronavirus, vaccines, socialdistance

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