To the Editor: We recently reviewed the first studies of the real‐world effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccines.1 We found evidence of protection against serious illness and death but noted the difficulties in performing such studies in Australia. This was because of the (then) low national case numbers and lack of ready access to the necessary linked health data.
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- 1. Henry DA, Jones MA, Stehlik P, Glasziou PP. Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines: findings from real world studies. Med J Aust 2021; 215: 149. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/4/effectiveness‐covid‐19‐vaccines‐findings‐real‐world‐studies
- 2. VIEW‐hub. COVID‐19 data. International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; 2022. https://view‐hub.org/covid‐19/effectiveness‐studies (viewed Mar 2022).
- 3. Arbuckle L, Ritchie F. The five safes of risk‐based anonymization. IEEE Secur Priv 2019; 17: 84‐89.
- 4. Duckett S. How to learn the lessons of Australia’s COVID history. Pearls and Irritations 2022; 19 Jan. https://johnmenadue.com/how‐to‐learn‐from‐our‐covid‐history‐no‐not‐with‐a‐royal‐commission (viewed Mar 2022).
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