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Omicron likely to weaken COVID vaccine protection

Early lab results suggest that existing vaccines could be less effective against the fast-spreading coronavirus variant, but boosters should improve immunity.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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The fast-spreading Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant is highly likely to compromise some of the protection from vaccines, suggest the first laboratory studies of Omicron’s ability to evade immunity.

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Nature 600, 367-368 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03672-3

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  1. Wilhelm, A. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.07.21267432 (2021).

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