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Post by coachgrrl on Dec 17, 2021 13:25:47 GMT -5
“A new study out of Columbia University says the Omicron variant is “markedly resistant” to vaccines and boosters might not do much to help, spelling bad news for the country as Omicron spreads and COVID-19 cases rise nationally.”
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Dec 17, 2021 15:21:21 GMT -5
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Post by emmjay on Dec 17, 2021 15:21:21 GMT -5
That is consistent with the Oxford study. Omicron is resistant to the protection against infection but vaccines and boosters should still protect against hospitalisation and death, and boosters should decrease risk of infection (just not as much as for the other variants). The studies were just for antibodies and didn’t measure other protections like T cells.
Hopefully that is the case, because otherwise every healthcare system in the world is going to be crushed this winter.
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Post by Sprockey on Dec 17, 2021 15:41:11 GMT -5
it's a fking nightmare
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Post by marianparoo on Dec 17, 2021 16:10:40 GMT -5
Endless. The world over.
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Post by Inky on Dec 17, 2021 19:42:38 GMT -5
Tim heard someone today say that they'd heard that this was going to be a 5 year pandemic - and it's looking more like that everyday.
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