Yes to watching variants for partial immune escape but I see many people scaring themselves & others when they see "x-fold drop" in neutralizing antibodies. Don't fall for it. It may have little to no clinical significance. Look for real life data. Longer:https://www.theinsight.org/p/vaccine-efficacy-statistical-power …
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However, while I think it's fair to say we expect the vaccines to keep working very well, increased transmissibility — which is looking increasingly likely for B.1.617 (like the earlier B.1.1.7 variant) — is a huge threat to the unvaccinated, exactly because it's exponential.
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@michaelmina_lab and I called for *a trial* for delaying boosters, especially for younger populations, the upside was the potential to expand coverage quickly and globally. I'll always regret lack of such a trial/option. (And we both got harshly attacked, tbh).Show this thread
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The vaccines we have available right now are far more effective against COVID than the flu shot is normally. Leaves a lot of room for variants that are still impacted by the vaccine. Very good news indeed.
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Very hard to stop the twitter panic. Ty as always, real life is where we tell reality from panic
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What about the Chinese vaccines? A friend in Mexico received one and is now worried it's not protective enough.
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I was going to write a wisecrack about not cramping a certain alarmist’s style on this topic. But his recent post on this was quite muted and measured compared to his usual


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So, does high or low nab matter? or are we more depending on our memory B and T cells so level of nab is arbitrary?
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