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Not jump to any conclusions. this is still very early days with this variant. ask your next question. >> well, in terms of what you just said about figuring out whether its susceptible to vaccines and whether or not its responsive to anti-viral or antibody treatment, how long do you think it will be before we have answers to those questions about the effectiveness of the vaccines and also the treatment question? >> with regard to the effectiveness of vaccines, i would expect we would probably ne...

Vaccine. and whether or not its responsive to anti viral or antibody treatment, how long do you think it will be before we have answers to those questions about the effectiveness of the vaccine and also the treatment questions? >> with regard to the effectiveness of the vaccine, i would expect that we would probably need at least two weeks in therapeutics. i would guess that we are about four weeks -- we are setting up the essays, ive talked to a number of the laboratories, weve got to get the v...

Numbers are rising over the next few days there — numbers are rising over the next few days. there is a lot we dont know, of course, — days. there is a lot we dont know, of course, and the scientists are working — of course, and the scientists are working night and day to learn more about— working night and day to learn more about this _ working night and day to learn more about this new variant and what it means— about this new variant and what it means for— about this new variant a...

Anti-semitism. is there any reason to think that its effectiveness is wearing off? and i only bring that point up because ilhan omars original comment was that she thought boeberts comments would give her clout or earn her credit with the crowd that she was speaking to. the truth of the matter is it does earn her credit because they laughed at it. and it seems shes pandering to her crowd with this islamophobic commentary. >> lauren boeberts part of what you could call a troll caucus, those who h...

Thank you very much. good luck to you and all of your colleagues. the chief executive of the pharmaceuticalfirm, moderna, has warned that covid vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the omicron variant of the virus as they have been against the delta type. stephane bancel told the financial times it was unclear to what extent the effectiveness would drop but he said all the scientists hed talked to had suggested it was, in his words, "not going to be good". many scientists belive the ...

One hour of the mutation force being reported. the variant first being described, within one hour they were already starting to try and test the effectiveness of various vaccine, that we already got, against this. how long will that testing take? if the vaccine that weve got arent effective against this new omicron variant. how long will it take to build new vaccines, that will work against it? for that matter, and this is something that is just as recent as of tonight, with the cdc changing its...

Cushion effect usually with these vaccines. that cushion effect is likely to be reduced as a result of omicron and all the mutations they see. but they still think that the vaccines are going to be effective, maybe just a slight erosion of that effectiveness. >> interesting. >> they still work. thats the important thing. as we know, we keep hearing get your booster if you havent already. i want to ask you about this antiviral pill. fda advisers are meeting to talk about emergency use authorizati...

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Its impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. afteralpha, beta, gamma, delta comes omicron, which scientists think could be the worst variant yet. so, is omicron more transmissible? it appears to be driving a rise in infections in south africa, but its too early to be certain whats happening as cases only started increasing ten days ago from a very low level. the world health organization said omicron shows why the world needs a new global agreement on ho...

Transmissibility and immune evasion. >> will vaccines work as well as they did against the delta variant? theres no world the effectiveness is the same level. moderna ceo told "the financial times" if omicron does diminish protection from vaccines. >> boosters should reduce dramatically. >> this variant was first detected in southern africa, dominant down there. >> these patients that dont need to be hospitalized -- >> dr. fauci cautioning against anecdotal accounts. >> most are younger individu...