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As I understand it(which could be completely wrong, so take with a grain of salt), there is no actual 'stopping' variants. The idea is to keep tricking your bo
by silisili 5y ago
As I understand it(which could be completely wrong, so take with a grain of salt), there is no actual 'stopping' variants. The idea is to keep tricking your body with mock spike proteins, so that your body builds defenses against it. And data shows the more shots you get, the more your body builds resistance. So when the real thing arrives, it doesn't affect the host as much, if at all.
- lupire 5y agoIs the booster customized for Delta? The article doesn't say.
- silisili 5y agoThe boosters in question are not at this time. Same as other shot. It's confusing because Pfizer was touting they could modify boosters for variants months ago.
- sterlind 5y agoNo. Pfizer indicated it could develop and begin mass-producing a variant-specific booster within 100 days, if a third dose of the original vaccine is ineffective. [0] But the plan is to use the existing stock. I'd feel a lot safer if Pfizer started developing a polyvalent booster with mRNA for all significant variants. 0. http://ctmirror.org/2021/08/13/pfizer-ceo-to-public-just-trust-us-on-the-covid-booster/ http://ctmirror.org/2021/08/13/pfizer-ceo-to-public-just-tru...