An omicron-specific vaccine is coming but ‘may not matter - everybody's going to be infected,' expert says.
If an omicron-targeted vaccine had been available earlier, it"might have been sufficient to prevent some of these illnesses and better protect our workforce, particularly health care workers," says Moss."The assumption is that an omicron-specific booster would have high vaccine effectiveness against infection, at least temporarily, but this is not known."Pfizer CEO Bourla also said it is still not clear whether or not the new vaccine is needed or how it could be used.
Truelove agrees, and adds that we don't know long long omicron infection-induced immunity will last, and an omicron-specific booster could provide"substantial benefit" if immunity wanes, potentially even against future variants.Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told CNBC on
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