MERS and Hcov are much different genetically than SARS-COV-2 yet we see antibodies for RV respond to COVID.
Omicron is probably a couple of genetic differences from delta and alpha variants and expresses itself in a single protein difference.
And it completely fools out COVID antibodies?
Ok- you believe what you want. It’s a silly proposition.
It’s much more infectious and much more resistant, yes. And my understanding was actually that Omicron is LESS DIFFERENT from OG covid than delta (but I could be mistaken).
If it’s a silly proposition, why has the Army been working 2 years on a vaccine with multiple spike contours to handle a wide array of coronaviruses?
Because the army is…. Wait for it…. The army?
They take precautions for every possible contingency and threat.
Here’s my entire point. The way antibodies work is by identifying a particular antigen (or multiple antigens).
An antigen is a protein that sits on the shell of the virus (or wall of a bacterium). They act as an identification marker that the immune system (T Cells) can identify. These antibodies bind to that antigen and they release a chemical signaling B cells and macrophages to come in and clean up.
We’re being told that Omicron is SOOOOO different that these T Cells can’t identify this bug. Lol. As though it stripped every identifiable antigen on its perimeter. It’s nonsensical. If that’s the case, it’s a new bug entirely. Not a variant of SARS Cov 2.
It’s one thing to say an antibody is x percent less effective and another to say it can’t identify the target. Two different worlds. I don’t buy it.
Not necessarily true at all.
Yes, but no one is saying the 2nd as far as I know.
