Both Pfizer and Moderna have announcedplans for a potential Omicron-specific vaccine, should that be necessary.
Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson are all currently testing their vaccine efficacies against the Omicron variant.
It will take at least two weeks for scientists to find out more about the variant.
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How Does Pfizers Antiviral Pill Work?
If we can block the very start, thats the most efficient way to kill viruses.
More than 30 out of 50 mutations are in Omicrons spike protein, which may affect vaccine efficacies.
But there’s only one mutation in the 3CL protease, an enzyme targeted by Pfizers antiviral pill.
He added that Paxlovid should be most effective when people take it as soon as they have symptoms.
Pfizer proposed the pill as anat-home treatment to avoid severe illness.
You dont want to wait for them to get to the hospital.
Can You Know Which Variant You May Have?
Researchers are still trying to determine how effective the current COVID-19 vaccines are against the Omicron variant.
The FDA has yet to authorize Pfizers pill.
venture to not get sucked into thinking of having a single magic bullet for COVID, Diaz said.
But this is only one of the many tools in the fight against COVID-19.
Vaccination remains the best way to prevent further mutations and bring us closer to ending the pandemic.
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