Omicron-specific vaccines may give slightly better COVID protection – but getting boosted promptly is the best bet
- Written by: Nathan Bartlett, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
Vaccines (predominantly mRNA vaccines) have been our front-line defence against COVID and have saved millions of lives.
Despite the emergence of genetically distinct COVID variants throughout the pandemic, we’ve relied on vaccines that target the spike protein from the virus originally detected in Wuhan, China. While still providing excellent...
