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Not OP but I remember reading that with the way the vaccine works, as long as it’s classified as a variant you should be covered. If you’re not covered anymore
by maaaaattttt 5y ago
Not OP but I remember reading that with the way the vaccine works, as long as it’s classified as a variant you should be covered. If you’re not covered anymore (assuming the full vaccination is not outdated) that means it’s most likely a new virus rather than a new variant. I can’t find a proper link to quote tough, so you can assume this is totally wrong. Nevertheless, the logic behind it makes sense (to me at least).
- Lionga 5y agoQuick research tells me that Biontech does need two weeks to check if the vaccine works against the new variant [1], so clearly it does NOT need to be a new virus for the vaccine to become useless. [1] https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/biontech-will-know-soon-if-tis-covid-19-vaccine-works-against-new-coronavirus-variant-jj-testing/EZSNEYYHLBCOBL43G3JQ2O2NV4/ https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/biontech-will-kno...
- ianai 5y agoTrue but the mRNAs have held up well against every variant to this point. It's not even something I'm comfortable banking on against this new variant, but we're far from concluding this is a problem, too. Edit-I'm thinking it's like 66% against this VOC from escaping the vaccines and 33% pro, very roughly.