Omicron threat may be countered with additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine

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The earliest studies on Omicron are in and the glimpse they’re providing is cautiously optimistic: while vaccines like the one made by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE may be less powerful against the new variant, protection can be fortified with boosters.

The results of the first reported experiments on the effectiveness of vaccines against Omicron come as governments and financial markets try to gauge if the new variant will have a significant impact on the world’s attempt to move past the pandemic.

Representatives for Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of the first Covid-19 vaccine cleared in the US, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. New York-based Pfizer is slated to release its own data today. A key question researchers are trying to address is whether existing Covid-19 vaccines need to be altered to protect against Omicron.

Larger studies looking at neutralising antibodies from people immunised with other vaccines are also needed, he said.

 

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So you keep on shifting the goalposts?

Congratulations to the lucky winners yesterday.We are still giving out a payment of R17000 to R19000 to the first 30 people to comment CASH just like we did yesterday .

We will not comply, you have a lot of energy to promote this injection!!!!

So what happens to the people that took the Pfizer vaccine ?

No one checking on the Asian vaccines which are being distributed in Africa & the low income world. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

The Booster Brainwashing Brigade in full swing.

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