Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as evidence for policy action: A rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomized studies

• Megan Wallace ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: phu3@cdc.gov

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4331-5785

  ⨯
• Jennifer P. Collins,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Heidi Moline,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Ian D. Plumb,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Monica Godfrey,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Rebecca L. Morgan,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1012-4897

  ⨯
• Doug Campos-Outcalt,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Medicine and Public Health, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

  ⨯
• Sara E. Oliver,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Kathleen Dooling,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Julia W. Gargano

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  ⨯