Modeling study suggest patients should receive COVID-19 vaccine before surgery to reduce the risk of death

SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study – University of Birmingham

Original study: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study – British Journal of Surgery

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New from @CovidSurg–@GlobalSurg

?Vaccination significantly reduces death after elective surgery

?Fewer surgical patients need to be vaccinated than people in general population to save one life

▶️Prioritise elective surgery patients for vaccination

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— Dmitri Nepogodiev (@dnepo) March 25, 2021