To gain a better understanding of the antigenic properties of Mu and A.2.5 Spikes, Canadian scientists evaluated their capacity to interact with ACE2 and performed binding and neutralization assays with plasma from vaccinated individuals.
going to come into contact with delta or omicron, one of the other. so it is important to continue to wear a mask if you are unvaccinate 8d. use rapid tests judiciously to make sure you are not a danger to others but we have to know we re going to see increased cases. omicron is going to cause spikes in cases on p top of the delta spike that we re still in. are you confident we re not gonna have to redo the vaccines for omicron or tweak them or get a fourth booster? what is your sense of what is likely? one year from now are most of us going to have to get boosted for a fourth time in most cases? it is too early to know and there are second-generation vaccines in development. ones that are more universal, covering more coronaviruses. companies are at work on an omicron booster and i think there is a lot of merit to that issue. even with a third dose you may not see complete drop of transmissibility of people. so it might be advantageous to have one specifically directed towards tha
A new study supports the hypothesis that heterologous vaccination can provide an increased immune response against virus infection, supporting several other studies that have indicated similar events.
public sector vaccine mandate in place, but says private employers by the middle of december need to get everybody vaccinated. listen to the mayor. our health commission has put a series of mandates in place. they have won in court, state court, federal court, every single time, jonathan, and it s because they are universal and consistent because it s about protecting the public right now from a clear and present danger. a, do you agree with that policy and, b, is that more to deal this delta surge, delta spike, whatever you want to do it or is that a protective measure that only john coming and will be here in bigger numbers soon, let s be ready? well, first of all, i do agree with the mayor s conclusions about the importance of this. new york city is ripe for a major summer in cases. if you look at the percentage of individuals vaccinated there. it s far, far below what we see in a number of western european countries right now that are having major outbreaks with the delta var
he later tried to seal his divorce records but a judge ruled that much of his records can become public. florida s republican governor ron desantis has been congratulated for the way he is handling covid in his state. he rails against mask and vaccine mandates, and he pushes antibody treatments which again are effective as far as we know for the sick, but instead of pushing vaccines to prevent illness in the first place. so here s a quick reminder of where desantis got the sunshine state. florida is ranked seventh overall out of the 50 states for covid deaths in this country. nearly 60,000 floridians have died from the virus under governor desantis watch, and many of them during a massive delta spike that came after vaccines became widely available. thankfully after that big deadly wave, cases have significantly declined, and so naturally desantis is taking a victory lap. as the orlando sentinel editorial board puts it in an op-ed, it s like a firefighter