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This looks like it applies to the original vaccine, not the updated booster anyway - so it seems like an irrelevant paper. There is a concept in immunology cal
by koheripbal 4y ago
This looks like it applies to the original vaccine, not the updated booster anyway - so it seems like an irrelevant paper.
There is a concept in immunology called "Original antigenic Sin", which means that a vaccine (or natural immune response) of an old variant of a virus might hinder your body's ability to generate a more tailored immune response to the current variant.
...but since updated vaccines are now available - you should get that.
- bdonlan 4y agoThe good news is that the new boosters do in practice seem to be effective at boosting omicron protection, overcoming this theorized original antigenic sin: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/fall-bivalent-boosters-science-update https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/fall-bivalent...
- sanedigital 4y agoThe updated boosters have only been available at-large for ~2-3 months. https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-omicron-adapted-covid-19 https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...