Signals of hope: gauging the impact of a rapid national vaccination campaign

Smadar Shilo; Hagai Rossman; Eran Segal

doi:10.1038/s41577-021-00531-0

Signals of hope: gauging the impact of a rapid national vaccination campaign

Nat Rev Immunol. 2021 Apr;21(4):198-199. doi: 10.1038/s41577-021-00531-0.

Authors

Smadar Shilo^#^{1

2

3}, Hagai Rossman^#^{1

2}, Eran Segal^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
² Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
³ Pediatric Diabetes Clinic, Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Eran.Segal@weizmann.ac.il.
⁵ Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Eran.Segal@weizmann.ac.il.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

A rapid coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout has led Israel to become the country with the highest rate of vaccinated individuals per capita worldwide. Here, we summarize the first signs for the real-world effectiveness and impact of the vaccination campaign.

MeSH terms

BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Vaccines / therapeutic use*
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Immunization Programs*
Israel / epidemiology
Mass Vaccination
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination Coverage

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines
BNT162 Vaccine