Booster jabs could prevent Omicron deaths, study finds (theweek.co.uk)
Countries scrambling to prevent fresh Covid-19 outbreaks driven by the Omicron variant have been offered hope by a UK study that found booster jabs “massively” strengthen the body’s defences against the coronavirus.
The research showed that a third dose “not only increased antibody levels 30-fold but roughly tripled levels of T-cells”, The Times reported, referring to the “part of the immune system that experts believe could be the critical weapon against the heavily mutated Omicron strain”.
“This T-cell response gives us hope,” said Professor Saul Faust, who led the Cov-Boost trial, outlined in a newly published paper in The Lancet. Although Omicron was not analysed during the research, data suggests the triggered T-cells “are recognising a much broader range of antigens that might... be common to all of the variants”, he explained.
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