Scientists Explain Why Getting Infected With Omicron Doesn’t Protect You From Other COVID Variants
Scientists Explain Why Getting Infected With Omicron Doesn’t Protect You From Other COVID Variants
ABC News—Gladstone virologists investigated the effect of the Omicron variant on the immune response. Melanie Ott describes her team’s discovery that previous infection with Omicron does not result in strong immunity to other known SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, as Nadia Roan explains, individuals who were vaccinated before becoming infected with Omicron did have a broadly protective immune response, emphasizing the importance of the vaccines in saving lives.
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