Hey hurry up and get a shot because of omicron.
Wait? It isn't very effective?
Wait? It is soon to be the dominant variant?
Why vax mandates/passports? The logic?
My theory is this variation came about while someone was drinking a wonderful IPA at a brewpub.
Dec. 13 (UPI) -- British researchers announced on Monday that studies show that the
COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca produce
substantially fewer antibodies to fight off the Omicron variant than they do against other variants.
The study from Oxford University said blood samples collected from more than two dozen volunteers who'd received both doses of the vaccines were tested against the Omicron variant.
Oxford University, which helped develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, said the study found that both vaccines showed a
"substantial decrease in neutralizing" Omicron.
"This will likely lead to increased breakthrough infections in previously infected or double vaccinated individuals, which could drive a further wave of infection, although there is currently no evidence of increased potential to cause severe disease, hospitalization or death," said the report, posted in the journal
MedRxiv.