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brooklynite

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Mon Dec 20, 2021, 11:29 AM Dec 2021

Moderna booster shot should provide 'good level of protection' against omicron, vaccine maker says

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Source: Washington Post

Vaccine manufacturer Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine significantly raised antibody levels against the omicron variant, amid growing concerns about its rapid spread in the United States.

A booster dose of Moderna’s vaccine — half the dose used in the original shots for adults — increased antibody levels against omicron by 37 times, the company said in a statement, citing preliminary data.

Those antibodies “should provide some good level of protection as we go into the holiday season,” Paul Burton, Moderna’s chief medical officer, said in an interview.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/20/moderna-covid-booster-omicron-protection/

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