[HN Gopher] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron has extensive but incomplete esca...
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       SARS-CoV-2 Omicron has extensive but incomplete escape of Pfizer
       BNT162b2
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-12-07 22:05 UTC (57 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (sigallab.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (sigallab.net)
        
       | swader999 wrote:
       | The only thing adding to the "incomplete" escape was previous
       | infection. So points for natural immunity. The previously
       | vaccinated group were very recently doubly dosed. The author
       | claims somehow that a booster will help, equating that to
       | previous infection. In fact previous vaccination doesn't seem to
       | do anything given the response was well below detection.
       | 
       | Curious why they didn't also test serum from: - unvaccinated and
       | uninfected - single does vaccinated - previously infected but not
       | vaccinated
       | 
       | All my confusion evaporated after reading this: "This study was
       | supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates award INV-018944 (AS),
       | National Institutes of Health award R01 AI138546 (AS), and South
       | African Medical Research Council awards (AS, TdO, PLM). PLM is
       | also supported by the South African Research Chairs Initiative of
       | the Department of Science and Innovation and the NRF (Grant No
       | 9834). The funders had no role in study design, data collection
       | and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the
       | manuscript."
        
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