[HTML][HTML] Influenza Vaccination and COVID19 Mortality in the USA

C Zanettini, M Omar, W Dinalankara, EL Imada… - MedRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… To this end, we used COVID-19 data until June 10, 2020 together with population health
data for the United States at the county level. We fit quasi-Poisson regression models using …
Motivated by these observations, we investigate whether influenza vaccination coverage is
associated with COVID-19 mortality, and, if so, in which direction. To this end, we analyze
COVID-19 mortality rate and influenza vaccination coverage in the United States (US) at the
county level. While an area-level association can only provide preliminary evidence, this …
Abstract
COVID-19 mortality rate is higher in the elderly and in those with preexisting chronic medical conditions. The elderly also suffer from increased morbidity and mortality from seasonal influenza infection, and thus annual influenza vaccination is recommended for them.
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