New Covid strain spreading across the UK that's less likely to cause symptoms

[mick brown]

Who am I going to believe !
Dr John Campbell and other's, especially from South Africa or Johnson and his imbecilic goons [emoji848]
The panicking uk government can go do one

 

[mick brown]

Just for a chuckle [emoji16]

 

[zouzounaki]

Seems to be a lot of people concerned or worried about the current state of Covid but let's stop for a minute and consider that Omicron could hopefully be the end of all the doom and gloom and turn into the start of the new common cold!

could be, but could also not be. i think dr j might be a bit over optimistic. better to be a little cautious imo.

I'd go even further and say there's very little point in the current booster till march when the Omicron tailored version becomes available.

i think it takes the protection against serious illness from less than 50% to more than 85% so there is definitely a point.

 

[Mr Ripple]

i think it takes the protection against serious illness from less than 50% to more than 85% so there is definitely a point.

25% is what Pfizer say.
With a double jab already i feel pretty comfortable about Omicron severity tbh.

• Preliminary laboratory studies demonstrate that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529 lineage) while two doses show significantly reduced neutralization titers
• Data indicate that a third dose of BNT162b2 increases the neutralizing antibody titers by 25-fold compared to two doses against the Omicron variant; titers after the booster dose are comparable to titers observed after two doses against the wild-type virus which are associated with high levels of protection
• As 80% of epitopes in the spike protein recognized by CD8+ T cells are not affected by the mutations in the Omicron variant, two doses may still induce protection against severe disease
• The companies continue to advance the development of a variant-specific vaccine for Omicron and expect to have it available by March in the event that an adaption is needed to further increase the level and duration of protection – with no change expected to the companies’ four billion dose capacity for 2022

 

[zouzounaki]

25% is what Pfizer say.
With a double jab already i feel pretty comfortable about Omicron severity tbh.

• Preliminary laboratory studies demonstrate that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529 lineage) while two doses show significantly reduced neutralization titers
• Data indicate that a third dose of BNT162b2 increases the neutralizing antibody titers by 25-fold compared to two doses against the Omicron variant; titers after the booster dose are comparable to titers observed after two doses against the wild-type virus which are associated with high levels of protection
• As 80% of epitopes in the spike protein recognized by CD8+ T cells are not affected by the mutations in the Omicron variant, two doses may still induce protection against severe disease
• The companies continue to advance the development of a variant-specific vaccine for Omicron and expect to have it available by March in the event that an adaption is needed to further increase the level and duration of protection – with no change expected to the companies’ four billion dose capacity for 2022

are you getting 25% from the point that said neutralising antibodies are boosted 25 fold? 25 fold doesn’t mean 25%, it means 25x. From what you posted from pfizer the booster makes a very significant difference.

 

[Fuctifino]

Heard this was happening but wasn't sure if it was true

Ramping up the message on today's papers

I'm already sorted thanks...

 

["Misfit"]

 

[Crewella]

Heard this was happening but wasn't sure if it was true

Ramping up the message on today's papers

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I'm already sorted thanks...

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Has the Telegraph opted out?

 

[andipandi]

Prepare yourselves

 

[zouzounaki]

Prepare yourselves

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it was about time they did an interactive doom map.