Re:New Zealand to open quarantine-free “travel bubble” with ...
by roca on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:57AM
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There is no reason to believe a mutation is going to render major vaccines useless. The real-life results of the mRNA vaccines against the major variants are very encouraging (see e.g. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pfizer-says-trials-sugg...). Many of the scary lab results were only testing the virus against antibodies, not the full power of a vaccinated person's immune system.
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Re:New Zealand to open quarantine-free “travel bubble” with ...
by rob74 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:34AM
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I'm not saying the vaccines aren't effective against the current variants of concern, but the situation with part of the population vaccinated and mass transmission in the unvaccinated part of the population may favor the emergence of a new vaccine-resistant strain.
See also https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/06/global-rollout...