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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alex Sigal

      Very good to have this confirmation. When your immune system sees Omicron, it does better, later, against Delta as well!https://twitter.com/sigallab/status/1475584463941914635 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Alex Sigal @sigallab
      We have submitted new results to medRxiv: Omicron infection enhances neutralizing immunity against the Delta variant The preprint can be found here: https://sigallab.net/ 
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021

      This repeated exposure/broadening optimization trick is amazing. Gradient descent, make way.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021

      Also note, Omicron is not a descendent of Delta—so that’s not what’s going on. Omicron evolved from a separate lineage. Still broadens immune response—similar to how vaccines with ancestral spike nowhere to be found anymore improve quantity and *quality* of the immune response.

      2:46 PM - 27 Dec 2021
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          Since this gets asked. It *is* good news, not an argument for uncontrolled spread with no mitigations.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1475601509081616394 …

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          Replying to @anonymo71784504
          No, not really. Too many people are still vulnerable, waiting for vaccination or boosters. Plus we have antivirals on the way for the immunocompromised, but in very short supply now. Will increase soon. Still good news, though and will impact policy trade-off calculations.
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        2. John Blaze‏ @justbestguess 27 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Is there a chance of a variant with severity of Delta and infectiousness of Omicron that will eventually come? Delticron sounds pretty scary.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021
          Replying to @justbestguess

          If you are vaccinated and/or infected—with repeated exposure preferably through the primary series/booster—your immune system is expected to help keep you from severe disease, on average—assuming immunocompetence.

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        2. chris pepperdine‏ @cpepp 27 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          chris pepperdine Retweeted Georgi Marinov

          https://twitter.com/georgimarinov/status/1474888580069662728?s=20 …

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          Georgi Marinov @georgimarinov
          Replying to @fitterhappierAJ
          People have a linear thinking of variants But we are still looking at the initial radiation, there's been no actual succession yet Nobody knows whether there is more to come from the initial radiation and what that or the actual successions will look like in terms of severity pic.twitter.com/WCp6zVaHkc
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Dec 2021
          Replying to @cpepp

          Word salad aside, this is about host response to repeated exposure, regardless of variant.

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        1. Mood  🥄‏ @howthe_ 27 Dec 2021
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          Can you explain the quality bit please?

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