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SoCalThrowAway7 t1_iu7mmdp wrote

Reply to comment by bluDesu in Study finds Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which appeared at the end of 2021 have marked genetic differences from the ancestral SARS-CoV-2. The many, distinct mutations in their infection machinery have enabled them to escape from antibodies elicited from the original series of vaccines. by MyLifeisAsaJoker

The title sounds like omicron is genetically different enough from the original strain that antibodies trained to kill covid can’t kill it as efficiently

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