New details about omicron indicate omicron may not cause more severe disease but is likely much more infectious than the delta variant. This means that even those who are fully vaccinated may be at higher risk for contracting this variant.
It’s becoming clear that much of the concern about the omicron variant has to do with how much it will cut into the protection provided by the COVID-19 vaccines.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla this week said a fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine could be needed, within a year of getting the third shot. A headline in The Atlantic says “The pandemic of the vaccinated is here.” And this is why health officials continue to push people who are fully vaccinated to get a booster shot of any COVID-19 vaccine.
However, new research says that people who have generated a T-cell response through COVID-19 vaccination or infection may still be protected against omicron, though it’s unclear to what degree, according to a new preprint, which is preliminary medical research that has not been peer-reviewed. “If you look at protection against variants, it appears to relate to the level of immunity and the breadth of the immunity that any given vaccine can instill on you,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president’s chief medical advisor, said in an interview with STAT.Ten percent of Americans believe that the COVID-19 vaccines conflict with their religious beliefs, according to a NPR story about a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core.
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