“But very importantly, if you’re vaccinated and you’re boosted, it doesn’t progress to severe disease is the message you have to keep reminding people.”
According to the UKHSA, there is currently no evidence that the new variants cause more severe disease than their predecessor.
However, a recent study led by researchers at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons found that BA.4/5 variants were at least four times more resistant in vaccinated individuals.
David D. Ho, medical director and director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and Clyde’56 said, “The virus continues to evolve as expected, and it is not surprising that these new, more transmissible subvariants are becoming more dominant around world.
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