An outbreak involving a variant with 484K in a vulnerable vaccinated population still showed *very* strong (86.5%) protection against symptomatic illness. This is *very* good news, and should build further confidence in vaccinationhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7017e2.htm?s_cid=mm7017e2_w …
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We need this to be the message. Also, vaccines cannot provide full protection against old age.
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Yeah, I expect the article any moment: "Vaccine does not confer immortality; quadruple mutant variant blamed!" But of course, you are right, our immune systems get less protective with age and this affects vaccine efficacy and infection resistance. Still, solid results for this.
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I wonder if there's such data from the UK where the AZ vaccine was administered...
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Except this wasn’t one of the variants that had caused a lot of worry. “In the Kentucky outbreak, the virus variant is not on the C.D.C.’s list of those considered variants of concern or interest.”
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It's not on the official list, yet, but it has E484K. There is a lot of convergent evolution going on so we are seeing the same mutations all around.
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Good point about OC43. Goal is not to bring about immortality but to attenuate C19 to a common cold. If we achieve that (jury is still out), mission accomplished. If we achieve influenza-like levels, that's OK but 2nd gen vaccines needed.
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It would be interesting to find out how many of the unvaccinated workers changed their minds and got vaccinated after the outbreak. IMO they should be fully masked if not immunized
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what I want to know is: why did 50% of healthcare workers refuse vaccination??pic.twitter.com/DTEaRKtuSu
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Context is key. Thank you for your writing on this in Insight.
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