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Meir Smaja
Researcher at Israel Ministry of Health
Publications - 3
Citations - 1315
Meir Smaja is an academic researcher from Israel Ministry of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Public health. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 395 citations.
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Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a nationwide vaccination campaign in Israel: an observational study using national surveillance data.
Eric J. Haas,Eric J. Haas,Frederick J. Angulo,John M McLaughlin,Emilia Anis,Emilia Anis,Shepherd Roee Singer,Shepherd Roee Singer,Farid Khan,Nati Brooks,Meir Smaja,Gabriel Mircus,Kaijie Pan,Jo Southern,David L. Swerdlow,Luis Jodar,Yeheskel Levy,Sharon Alroy-Preis +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, the real-world effectiveness of two doses of BNT162b2 against a range of SARS-CoV-2 outcomes and to evaluate the nationwide public-health impact following the widespread introduction of the vaccine was estimated.
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Infections, hospitalisations, and deaths averted via a nationwide vaccination campaign using the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Israel: a retrospective surveillance study.
Eric J. Haas,Eric J. Haas,John M McLaughlin,Farid Khan,Frederick J. Angulo,Emilia Anis,Emilia Anis,Marc Lipsitch,Shepherd Roee Singer,Shepherd Roee Singer,Gabriel Mircus,Nati Brooks,Meir Smaja,Kaijie Pan,Jo Southern,David L. Swerdlow,Luis Jodar,Yeheskel Levy,Sharon Alroy-Preis +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided estimates of the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19-related admissions to hospital (i.e., hospitalisations) and deaths averted by the nationwide vaccination campaign.
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Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Averted Via Direct Effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Vaccination Campaign, Israel
Eric J. Haas,John M McLaughlin,Farid Khan,Frederick J. Angulo,Anis E,Anis E,Marc Lipsitch,Gabriel Mircus,Nati Brooks,Meir Smaja,Kaijie Pan,Jo Southern,David L. Swerdlow,Luis Jodar,Yeheskel Levy,Sharon Alroy-Preis +15 more
TL;DR: Without vaccination, Israel would have likely experienced triple the number of hospitalizations and deaths compared to what actually occurred during their largest wave of SARS-CoV-2 to date, which would have most likely overwhelmed the healthcare system.