COVID-19 live updates: Dr. Jha on omicron surge, his prediction for next year

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Dr. Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to arobach on omicron variant: 'The goal cannot be to avoid infection at all costs. That’s an unrealistic goal. The goal should be prevent deaths and severe illness which vaccines will do.'

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While there are still a lot of unknowns about omicron's severity, Jha said cases with this latest variant's surge are"doubling in numbers about every two to three days."People line up outside the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, for COVID-19 testing as the omicron variant continues to spread in the U.S., Dec. 18, 2021."It's an incredibly contagious variant.

"I am not saying COVID will be gone next winter. It will be around, but we should be able to get better and better at managing it," Jha said. "This winter is so much better than last year and I expect next winter will be so much better than this year."Share to TwitterModerna on Monday said its current vaccine booster increased neutralizing antibodies against omicron within a month of getting the shot.

Moderna's currently approved booster is a 50-microgram dose. A 100-microgram dose would increase neutralizing antibodies by 83 times, the company said on Monday.

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So scary that we’ve replaced the two most experienced vaccine experts at the FDA with the CEOs of the companies making billions of dollars from the products they are endorsing. Doesn’t mean the products don’t (or do) work but this is dangerous.

arobach Not preventing infections will lead to deaths and severe illness. 'Mild' covid causes Long Covid, a long list of disabling damage to organs, circulatory system, brain, heart, etc. That damage causes prolonged symptoms that may never improve. Infections lead to variants.

arobach Darrell Brooks, the black suspect intentionally plowing a SUV through a Christmas parade killing six people, including a boy, all were white. Given his social posts calling hatred towards white people yet MSM hid his race & quickly & quietly dropped reporting this racial killing.

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