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Your Case of Omicron Might Have Super-Boosted Your Immunity — If You Were Vaccinated
Recent preliminary research might offer some comfort to the many vaccinated Americans who came across Omicron this past winter. A pair of studies suggest that vaccinated people who caught the variant went on to develop a strong and diverse immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in general — more so than people who were vaccinated…
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Man Gets Just 5 Years Probation for Selling DIY COVID-19 Vaccine
A Redmond, Washington man was sentenced to just five years of probation and a $US246,000 ($341,497) fine on Monday for selling his own homemade COVID-19 vaccine, which he offered to inject during the earliest days of the pandemic. The judge admitted he could’ve sentenced the man to jail time, but opted for a longer probation…
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Texas Scientists Are Sharing the Design for Their New, Cheap Covid-19 Vaccine
Despite some truly important medical advances this year, the covid-19 pandemic is far from over, both in the U.S. and even more so in poorer countries with low vaccination rates. But there is hope on the immediate horizon. Cheap, easily stored, and effective covid-19 vaccines are set to be mass-produced and distributed around the world…
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Early Data on Omicron: There’s Good News and Bad News
The first glimmers of data on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are starting to come in, and the verdict is decidedly mixed. Early experiments have found that antibodies from vaccinated people are clearly less able to neutralise Omicron in the lab, if not rendered completely useless. But antibodies generated through natural infection and vaccination…