According to members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), the UK government’s advisory group, it is “almost certain” that a new variant of the coronavirus capable of beating the protection offered by current vaccines will emerge. As the coronavirus evolves, the risk that “antigenic variation will eventually cause current vaccines to fail” is almost certain, SAGE said during its July 22 meeting – the most recent.
“It is almost certain that the emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 is related to the amount of virus circulating, with higher rates of circulation and transmission creating more opportunities for the emergence of new variants ( high confidence) “, indicate the notes of the meeting. Group member Professor Graham Medley told the Guardian Sunday that it was “clearly something that planners and scientists should take very seriously.”
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Before adding: “We would be in the same situation again as a year ago, depending on the impact of the current immunity against a new variant.”
Current vaccines significantly reduce the risk of serious infection, hospitalization and death from current variants of the coronavirus, including Delta. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), (…)
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