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TWiV 854: Omicron is evasive

This Week in Virology

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Is It a Change in Transmissability?

In the case of omicron, the secondary attack rates in unvaccinated or fully vaccinated individuals are similar. If if you take the data at face value, it's even a little ir in fully vactinated people. So what does that mean about vaccine effectiveness? Well, first of all, i think it suggests that in terms of preventing infection sufficient to give you a positive test that the vaccine is not doing much.

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