Early data suggests that only the COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, bolstered by a booster shot, are effective against infection with the new omicron variant.
Early data suggest that only the COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer PFE, +2.59% and German partner BioNTech BNTX, -4.19% and Moderna, bolstered by a booster shot, are effective against infection with the new omicron variant, with other vaccines such as AstraZeneca’s AZN, +0.96% and Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ, -0.29% failing to offer enough protection.
Omicron is “just raging around the world,” President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on Sunday, and Biden is expected to offer another warning of what the winter could be like for the unvaccinated, the Associated Press reported. iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } Biden plans to speak Tuesday on the status of the fight against COVID-19 and discuss government help for communities in need of assistance, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted. She also said he would be “issuing a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans [who] choose to remain unvaccinated.”
“Nobody was expecting omicron,” he said. “This one really was a curveball. It’s almost like we’re starting over with a different virus from where we began.” While appearing, to this point, to cause milder COVID cases, this variant is proving more resistant to vaccines. Hospitalization rates are highest in New England and in the Midwest, notably in Michigan, which has the U.S.’s highest rate. One doctor there was quoted as saying it’s like “living in a constant crisis” as hospital beds fill again.
iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } Tennis legend Rafael Nadal tested positive for COVID-19 upon return to Spain from Abu Dhabi, the 20-time grand-slam champion said on Monday, CNN reported.
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