posted by mike kraft
on Fri, 2023-08-18 19:13
The updated COVID-19 booster shots were designed to target the XBB variant, and they’ll still likely work just as well against the new dominant strain.
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The booster is still working against new variants
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“The currently available booster is still effective even though not a perfect match to the XBB flavors currently circulating in the U.S.,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at University of California, San Francisco. “They remain spectacular at preventing serious disease, hospitalization and death, though prevention of infection with mild symptoms is less durable.”
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