02-01-2022, 09:43 PM
(02-01-2022, 02:20 PM)JoeKW Wrote: The vaccines still work very well; most vaccines do not prevent infection although we've been lead to believe that by the government and pundits. Even the polio vaccine doesn't prevent infection.
An omicron targeted vaccine will likely prevent infection for a large amount of people for a limited amount of time. It's probably useful for the elderly and immunocompromised but the rest of us do not really need it.
The benefits of an omicron vaccine that I can see are: less chance of long COVID; even more reduction in transmission; and longer-lasting immunity. All need to be empirically shown before we really know. But such a vaccine could be a useful tool, though less useful than a pan-coronavirus vaccine.