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Moderna: Initial Booster Data Shows Good Results On Omicron


Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant.

Moderna said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight omicron.

And a full-dose booster was even stronger, triggering an 83-fold jump in antibody levels, although with an increase in the usual side effects, the company said. While half-dose shots are being used for most Moderna boosters, a full-dose third shot has been recommended for people with weakened immune systems.

Moderna announced the preliminary laboratory data in a press release and it hasn’t yet undergone scientific review. But testing by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, announced last week by Dr. Anthony Fauci, found a similar jump.

Pfizer’s testing likewise found its COVID-19 vaccine triggered a similarly big jump in omicron-fighting antibodies. The vaccines made by Pfizer and by Moderna, both made with mRNA technology, are used by many countries around the world to fight the coronavirus.

Together, the available evidence backs health authorities” increasing pleas for people to get their boosters as soon as they’re eligible.

Antibody levels predict how well a vaccine may prevent infection with the coronavirus but they are just one layer of the immune system’s defenses. Other research suggests the vaccine still should induce good protection against severe disease if people do experience a breakthrough infection.

Both Moderna and Pfizer are developing shots to better match the omicron variant in case they’re needed.

(AP)



3 Responses

  1. IN THE END IT WILL BE “MODERNA UBER ALLE”

    We knew at the beginning of this Plandemic that Bloody Fauci invested heavily in Moderna. Go check his portfolio.

  2. We should thank HaShem for the scientists who were able after years of effort to make this Messinger RNA technology work against COVID, and quickly. And to be able to fine tune a vaccine against a new viral variant is an absolute miracle.

  3. Charlie it doesn’t even work
    Practically every single person I know who vaccinated got covid
    But according to the media
    They should be grateful they didn’t die
    In that case
    It’s a therapy not a vaccine
    Vaccines confer immunity
    Therapies improve outcomes
    To call this a vaccine is a scam
    And to make people take it under the guise of protecting others is a crime
    Those who want to protect themselves and improve their chances of surviving covid are welcome to get it
    But vaccines don’t protect others around u
    It’s fairly clear by now

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