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Sure, but if there are already 5 major "variants of concern" in 1.5 years, why are we declaring a premature victory against the variants?

• dragonwriter 5y ago
  We aren’t “declaring victory”, premature or otherwise, over anything; the results of research that are important in understanding the current, evolving landscape are being published.
  • daenz 5y ago
    I was referring to the headline, which very much has a "mission accomplished" spin to it: >Pfizer Covid vaccine protects against worrying coronavirus variants It reads as: "Don't be worried, Pfizer has the variant problem solved."
    • dragonwriter 5y ago
      > I was referring to the headline, which very much has a "mission accomplished" spin to it That’s really reading a lot into what is a simple, concise, factual headline. There are a set of currently-worrying variants (about which there had been much public concern about the effectiveness of current vaccines), and the Pfizer vaccine is effective against them. That headline is very much not a “Mission Accomplished” banner.
      • daenz 5y ago
        Emphasis on "currently" which is my entire point and is conveniently left out of the headline. It's an irresponsible headline for something so serious.