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SUBMITTER: Lewis G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9076899 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lewis Gregory G Bonsall Michael M
Scientific reports 20220506 1
Emergency vaccine use requires weighing a large number of uncertain risks and possible benefits. In the COVID-19 pandemic, decisions about what evidence is necessary to authorize emergency use have proven controversial, and vary between countries. We construct a simple mathematical model of the risks and benefits of emergency vaccination to an individual, and apply this to the hypothetical scenario of individual decision-making between emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine without safety and effic ...[more]