New Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccines Offer ‘Virtually No Protection’ Against Omicron

New Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccines Offer ‘Virtually No Protection’ Against Omicron
A test tube labelled "COVID-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration photo taken on Jan. 15, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Lorenz Duchamps
Updated:

Individuals who are double-vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 have “virtually no protection” against the Omicron variant, according to a peer-reviewed study.

The research, led by Rudolf Valenta of the Medical University of Vienna, found that only people who had received the third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can form antibodies that could partially block Omicron, although noting that the protection is far from optimal.

Lorenz Duchamps
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