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The variant favors a way of taking over cells that works well in some parts of the body but not in the lungs, the authors of a new study told Insider.

In the lab, antibodies produced during an Omicron infection protected against Delta. If Omicron dominates in the real world, that could lead to a less dire future.

Omicron variant might help defend against delta, lab study suggests

To do that. but we have to keep in mind who is at risk and pick those people out and make those people are protected more than just walking down all of society. >> jason: that is what they talk about. dr. fauci talking essentially about masks forever. but previously they said you can either get vaccinated or have a mask. now they are talking about masks in perpetuity, forever. >> it is pretty disturbing, especially in the context of airplanes, jason. airplanes are one of the safest indoor enviro...

Vaccinated or especially unvaccinated they are the people you want to protect, get early treatment, get masked and stay away from crowds and other people and if they dont they are treated to that but we have to give in my new is at risk and pick those people out and make sure those people are protected more than just locking down all of society. jason: thats what they talk about, doctor fauci is talking about masks forever but previously they said you can get vaccinated or have a mask, now they ...

Scientists in south africa that have been doing this work despite travel bans making it difficult to get the reagents that they need. but look, i dont think the study was too surprising to a lot of us who have seen the mutations on the omicron variant, who have suspected that it was going to decrease potentially the protective effects of our vaccines. but remember -- >> and sorry, doctor, by the way, i misspoke. the people who just had the -- the pfizer vaccine are not as -- as protected as peop...

You dramatically increase the level of projected protection by about 25fold. which means that people who get boosted after their two dose mnra should really do quite well. >> do you share that same take away from the data? >> so this is a lab study. not a real life vaccine effectiveness study. it certainly shows anti-bodies increase. it doesnt tils anything about the rest of the immune system. my suspicion based on what we know so far, that two-dose series of pfizer or moderna is going to be suf...

>> that is the very highly regarded doctor and fda advisory board member paul off fit highlighting the damage this doing to children. the u.s. is approaching 50 million reported cases right now. were averaging a little over 1,000 deaths every day. most if not all from the delta variant, remember. but a small preliminary lab study out of south africa got a lot of media attention late today because it suggests the pfizer vaccine may be less effective against this new omicron variant. "wall street ...