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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by q1w2 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:46PM (#29488680)
> traditional inactivated vaccines yield more robust and long-lasting protection

This is wrong. The formation of memory T/B cells has nothing to do with the vaccine tech. Both create lasting T/B cell memory immunity.

The problem is that it takes a week or so for T/B immunity to kick in - so you still get sick.

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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by lambdaba on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @05:31PM (#29491412)
Thank you. Shouldn't have said that with such certainty. But maybe perhaps having just the spike protein vs the whole virus is eliciting a different response? Again, I don't know.
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