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CIDRAP – Universal COVID vaccination saves lives, averts 10% to 20% of disease burden, estimates suggest – Mary Van Beusekom, MS Today at 3:43 p.m. September 18, 2025 A modeling study today in JAMA Network Open estimates that COVID-19 vaccination of all people in the United States in 2024-25 would have prevented 10% to 20% of hospitalizations and deaths compared with no vaccination, with additional indirect benefits to older adults compared with vaccinating only high-risk groups. The findings come at a crucial time, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May recommended COVID vaccines only for adults 65 and older and for people at risk for severe illness. Last month, the FDA placed major restrictions on who should receive the vaccines, notably complicating access for young children. At the time, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said the FDA’s narrowed indications put millions of American lives at risk.