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Originally Posted by Atropine
This study is saying that the vaccine doesn't work on variants and actually helps COVID spread within the body to other systems.
I am really unsure why pro-vax people liked this, unless they are just excited to get information.
Not trying to be snarky or anything like that.
Genuinely curious.
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I thanked Spike for the useful post because he provided information regarding an emerging variant that could require other mitigating effects. This isn't FB, there isn't a "like" button. It's not good news.
This is talking about a single variant which has a mutated spike protein, the part that the vaccines cause the immune system to target. This is also the part that an unvaccinated immune system would typically target if my understanding is correct. So for this particular variant, it sounds like the current set of vaccines is less effective. It's the same reason why flu shots are only really effective for one year.
This actually supports the argument for every single person to get vaccinated. For a mutation, there is always a Patient Zero, and being vaccinated against the majority of current strains reduces the chance of any one person becoming Patient Zero for the next strain. This reduced risk actually improves overall effectiveness rate of the original vaccine for everyone else.
One other interesting point is the results seem to indicate mixing Pfizer and AZ vaccines is considered a good defense against A.30, if I understood that correctly. I wonder if that also is the case for Pfizer/J&J.