Two recent studies confirm the Omicron variant is very bad new in terms of infectiousness, ability to evade immunity, and resistance to existing therapies. In addition, UK data hints that there’s no significant difference in severity between Omicron and Delta.
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By some estimates Covid has killed 17 million people in two years. What will happen in the next two years?
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From the New England Journal of Medicine, a very encouraging analysis of the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against variants of concern.
Read moreTeam Vaccine has Team Virus—even with its superstar variants waiting on the bench—comprehensively beaten
Read moreWhat have I been up to in the last month? Many things! And not much.
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Nicola Griffith 