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Originally Posted by 4691mls
Eventually yes, I'm sure there will be regular shots like for flu. But the current shots, though they do help prevent serious illness, don't prevent catching the Omicron variant to start with.
it seems like every new variant is a version of Omicron. So I hope they will be able to come up with a shot that can help prevent catching Omicron. Though I'm sure once that happens, a new variant that isn't Omicron will appear....
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My understanding is that the upcoming Pfizer and Moderna Omicron specific vaccines target sub-variants that emerged early (Jan here) - i.e. BA.1 and BA.2, not sure about BA.2.75. Sub-variants BA.4 and particularly BA.5 are driving the surge here, and elsewhere in the Western Pacific (Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, etc… and now Micronesia).
I've heard researchers express the view that the WHO should have designated Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 as a new variant - Pi. Where do they go after Omega?
In recent weeks new Omicron sub-variants have been detected in the US and here. In Louisiana - BE.1 and BF.1 and in New South Wales - BE.1, BE.3 and BF.1. The NSW cases were in returned travellers, they don't tell us where from - maybe Louisana. They are monitoring close contacts, there's been no local spread that they know of.
BR