Day: December 13, 2021

Omicron can evade antibodies from vaccinated and COVID convalescent people

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Omicron can evade antibodies from vaccinated and COVID convalescent people Nowadays, a burning question in everybody’s mind, whether they are vaccinated or not, is, “Am I protected against the omicron variant?” Research from the Institute of Virology of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Australia, answered that question. At least partially. The study is SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529…

Study shows absence of omicron neutralization with the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

New research from the University of Oxford, Reduced neutralisation of SARS-COV-2 Omicron-B.1.1.529 variant by post-immunisation serum, showed that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccination antibodies are ineffective against the omicron variant. It is available as a preprint from medRxiv. They studied serum among people given the Pfizer BNT162b2 shot (n=21) and the AstraZeneca AZD1222 jab (n=22). The…