(NEW YORK) The nation's top health officials warned Wednesday that the fast-rising omicron variant "undoubtedly" compromises the protection of two doses of P
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) The nation's top health officials warned Wednesday that the fast-rising omicron variant "undoubtedly" compromises the protection of two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, putting the U.S. at risk of a tidal wave of fresh COVID cases in the next month if more people don't get vaccinated and sign up for booster shots. The good news, though, is that booster shots mostly reconstitute protection, reducing the need for the U.S. to roll out an entirely new vaccine formula specific to omicron. "Booster vaccine regimens work against omicron," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser. The speculation about what happens next has rattled many Americans as they prepare to travel for the holidays. Cases of the new variant have been doubling every two days, with a sevenfold increase in the prevalence of the omicron variant in the last week proving itself to be even more transmissible than the delta variant. "W
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) The nation's top health officials warned Wednesday that the fast-rising omicron variant "undoubtedly" compromises the protection of two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, putting the U.S. at risk of a tidal wave of fresh COVID cases in the next month if more people don't get vaccinated and sign up for booster shots. The good news, though, is that booster shots mostly reconstitute protection, reducing the need for the U.S. to roll out an entirely new vaccine formula specific to omicron. "Booster vaccine regimens work against omicron," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser. The speculation about what happens next has rattled many Americans as they prepare to travel for the holidays. Cases of the new variant have been doubling every two days, with a sevenfold increase in the prevalence of the omicron variant in the last week proving itself to be even more transmissible than the delta variant. "W