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Shermann

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3. The evasion of the vaccines is only conjecture at this point

Reply to Monohull (Original post)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 11:42 PM

Nov 2021

There are 30 mutations to the spike protein in this B.1.1.529 variant. This is concerning in that the vaccines train the immune system with the original spike protein, so that is a kind of Achilles' heel. But as far as I can determine at this point, there is no empirical evidence showing it actually does evade the vaccines.

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