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Re:Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer vacci... by spurgu on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:50AM (#29699786)
Ok, I don't know that much about SSRI's but I have a hard time believing that withdrawal symptoms (after 10 days of use) would be worse than a Covid case warranting treatment (= a serious one).

MABs not working on Omicron was new to me. Is that based on the vaccine's (in)efficacy against it?

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Re:Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer vacci... by spurgu on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:25PM (#29705851)
> MABs not working on Omicron was new to me. Is that based on the vaccine's (in)efficacy against it?

To answer my own question, no:

> But a slew of publications posted on preprint servers report laboratory evidence that Omicron is totally or partially resistant to all currently available treatments based on these monoclonal antibodies.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03829-0

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