
Protein shake-up: getting to know Omicron
The Intelligence from The Economist
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Omicron Vaccines
All the things that everyone has been told to do throughout the pandemic remain a good idea. Even when antibodies are a sort of less effective per antibody, it can still be very, very helpful to have a large number of these slightly less good antibodies in your system. Still makes sense for as many people as possible to get those boosters. If more people aren't getting infected, that means the virus is spreading more slowly through the population. And that's pretty much good for everyone, but it's particularly good for the health service because it's less likely to get overwhelmed.
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