Coronavirus (2021) thread

Status
Not open for further replies.
Len Rum said:
Sky reporting that the booster wanes against Omicron after ten weeks.
Think they said 20-30% reduction.
Which raises the question what is the reduction after a longer period say 16 weeks ( about four months) and should we start planning fourth boosters from February?
From what I can see the reduced severity of Omicron could be offset by the greater number of cases and the reduced effectiveness of the booster compared to delta and the fact that it wanes against Omicron ( but not Delta) relatively quickly.
I suppose it all depends on how these competing factors play out against one another.
Click to expand...
Disappointing that the boosters wane so quickly but most importantly they will get us through this omicron spike and through to a working vaccine in the Spring that should last a lot longer.

I haven't read the research only the headlines but I imagine that all they have done is take antibody assays of the first people who had boosters and reported their levels of antibodies. So we wont know yet how quickly the antibody protection falls away but fall it will.

The next race after this one will be to get a new working vaccine out before illness levels start to rise but it maybe that by then omicron will be regarded as less of a risk to us than flu, and we're always in a race against that each year but we don't typically think about that in the same way.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Jenny Harris starts the painfully slow grudging back tracking by UK scientists after they all dismissed out of hand the initial evidence coming out out of South Africa.
Click to expand...
It's really worrying when medical professionals on the other side of the planet are more reliable than your own. Special mention for Dr Angelique Coetzee who was trying to give us the heads up but got ignored.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Jenny Harris starts the painfully slow grudging back tracking by UK scientists after they all dismissed out of hand the initial evidence coming out out of South Africa.
Click to expand...

Its only a glimmer of hope though remember.

Do as you are told, remain gripped by fear and always, always expect the worst!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
✖
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.