Israeli trial finds 4th dose 'not good enough' against Omicron

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Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron

Expert at Sheba Medical Center says jab raises COVID antibody levels, but there are ‘still a lot of infections’ among those who received it

By TOI STAFF
17 January 2022, 7:40 pmUpdated: Today, 6:21 am

Nearly a month after Sheba Medical Center launched a landmark study to test the efficacy of a fourth COVID shot, the hospital said Monday that this fourth booster was only partially effective in protecting against the Omicron strain.

“The vaccine, which was very effective against the previous strains, is less effective against the Omicron strain,” Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay, a lead researcher in the experiment said.

"We see an increase in antibodies, higher than after the third dose,” Regev-Yochay said. “However, we see many infected with Omicron who received the fourth dose. Granted, a bit less than in the control group, but still a lot of infections,” she added.

“The bottom line is that the vaccine is excellent against the Alpha and Delta [variants], for Omicron it’s not good enough,” she said.

More at

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-trial-worlds-first-finds-4th-dose-not-good-enough-against-omicron/amp/

[Fullduplexxx]

1. More fuel for the antivaxxers

[secondwind]

2. Omg.........

😳

[Jose Garcia]

3. If you are fully vaccinated, your chances of severe illness or death are very low

The sky is not falling.

[tblue37]

4. Pfizer & Moderns said they would have an Omicron -specific vaccine within a few months.

[lark]

5. Yeah and shortly thereafter a new variant will appear and this won't work well.

I hate the environment that the antivaxxers are creating in this country.

[Zeitghost]

7. It has very little to do with anti vaxxers

And is almost entirely to blame on the nature of Corona viruses. Vaccines against them were bound to be limited to individual outcomes and not heard immunity due to how fast they spread, how quickly they mutate and the large number of species infected. Even if we had no anti vaccine sentiments in this country, this would have been the eventual outcome.

[Delphinus]

6. Is Israel trying

for a zero-Covid policy like China?