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> There has a been a “savior” strain that a lot of us have been hoping for The critical piece for a “savior” strain would be granting immunity to other less-be
by awb 5y ago
> There has a been a “savior” strain that a lot of us have been hoping for
The critical piece for a “savior” strain would be granting immunity to other less-benign strains. It’s still very early on, but so far it doesn’t look like Omicron has that feature as people are reportedly contracting both Omicron and Delta:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29698080#29699001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29698080#29699001
Without providing protection against other strains, it’s just another transmissible disease in addition to what we had before.