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La vaccination peut-elle guérir le monde de la Covid-19 ?
Authors
Moubarack Lo
Amaye Sy
April 12, 2021

La pandémie de la Covid-19, qui a touché la quasi-totalité des pays et territoires du globe terrestre, continue à générer des millions d’infections et de décès. Pour l’éradiquer, les pays mobilisent d’énormes efforts pour vacciner leurs populations et réussir ainsi à atteindre l’immunité collective. L’objet de ce Papier est d’évaluer l’efficacité de la vaccination anti Covid-19, autrement dit sa capacité à stopper réellement la progression des infections et des décès. Pour répondre à cette interrogation, un travail de recherche a été effectué par les auteurs, pour estimer les premiers impacts potentiels de la vaccination dans un certain nombre de pays qui ont les taux de vaccination les plus élevés (Israël, Etats-Unis, Royaume-Uni) et au sein de l’Union européenne.

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