The questions of transmissibility, severity, symptomology, etc. are academic and for the most part irrelevant.
This is a simple question of vaccine strain update. We do this all the time.
Boosting helps in short term, new shot next. New mAbs now.
This is a simple question of vaccine strain update. We do this all the time.
Boosting helps in short term, new shot next. New mAbs now.
https://twitter.com/NickytaLeb/status/1466080840362905605
The only reason we update vaccines is because of a new strain.
We don't wait for data on the severity of influenza B Yamagata or the transmissibility of this year's H3N2 to make an update, nor do we take 2+ shots of last year's flu vaccine to make up for strain mismatch.
We don't wait for data on the severity of influenza B Yamagata or the transmissibility of this year's H3N2 to make an update, nor do we take 2+ shots of last year's flu vaccine to make up for strain mismatch.
We didn't wait for hospitalization & intubation data for the recent H3N2 outbreak in the news.
We just update the vaccine quietly.
We don't dismiss any influenzas as "friendly" or "too nice to attack with a vaccine." We target the top 4 indiscriminately, regardless of severity.
We just update the vaccine quietly.
We don't dismiss any influenzas as "friendly" or "too nice to attack with a vaccine." We target the top 4 indiscriminately, regardless of severity.
I'm sorry you believed in Wuhan-Hu-1 or USA-WA1/2020 being the "one ring to rule them all" but whoever told you that lied to you.
We don't just vaccinate against the HPV serotypes that cause cancer, just as we don't just vaccinate against the influenza strains that cause severe disease in the young.
The fact that we were not prepared for antigenic drift, neither psychologically nor logistically, despite getting hint after hint that a change will one day be needed (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) says more about us than about Omicron.
We had one year of WT in a naive world population & we saw a whole range of disease, from non-seroconverting asymptomatic all the way to death.
You want to debate Omicron's severity in multiple demographics with 0-3x vaccine + 0-3x infections baseline immunity, be my guest.
You want to debate Omicron's severity in multiple demographics with 0-3x vaccine + 0-3x infections baseline immunity, be my guest.
Comparing transmissibility of this vs Delta? This, in winter, during a month of holidays, family gatherings, travel, vacations, the lowest mask compliance since the start of the pandemic?
Is this not an apples to mulberries comparison?
Is this not an apples to mulberries comparison?
This is a solved (scientific) problem. We just need to roll out the doses, roll up the sleeves and our B cells to roll out the globulins.
Strain update for the vaccines, phase out the dated mAbs, and bring new ones for the vulnerable.
Strain update for the vaccines, phase out the dated mAbs, and bring new ones for the vulnerable.
Not trying to be condescending or tell people to "calm down" like a blue checkmark having a panic attack in private, but this is just a manufacturing issue now.
I won't "tout" T cells to you, but will say that many of our antibodies still work. But we still want better.
I won't "tout" T cells to you, but will say that many of our antibodies still work. But we still want better.
It's fine to be concerned and to take precautions (as one normally would), but don't panic. God forbid we have another Black Tuesday market crash like the one we had yesterday, because THAT would be truly scary.
That's all I have to say.
See you at zero (excess deaths)
#CYAZ
That's all I have to say.
See you at zero (excess deaths)
#CYAZ
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