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Original beta string, the current delta strain and the original wuhan strain and all of the vaccines gave a very broad protection, broad responses in the t—cells to the different variants of the spike protein so our memory response seems to be more robust and not impacted so much by individual changes to the spike protein. so we would be hopeful that all the current vaccines will actually protect against hospitalisation and death. right. from which variant? from any ofthe right. from which variant? from any of the variance? _ right. from which variant? from any of the variance? including _ r...

Vaccine for sure but some of the others have actually held up well. we have the beta variant, good efficacy against that gamma variant and delta variant we all lived through this summer. there is some hope if we get through the omicron variant, we see good efficacy in the coming weeks and months that actually the original vaccines that we've all been benefitting from may hold up well and might be all we need in the long run. we'll just need data to tell us. >> i really appreciate your time. thank you. >> reminder in the wall on our set, you'll see our social media scroll that shows the questio...

Mutations it has, but a lot of this is just we don't have data yet, so the concern is more anticipatory. we just don't know what to think about this new variant. but if you look at the history of the vaccines and the moderna vaccine for sure but some of the others have actually held up well. we have the beta variant, good efficacy against that gamma variant and delta variant we all lived through this summer. there is some hope if we get through the omicron variant, we see good efficacy in the coming weeks and months that actually the original vaccines that we've all been benefitting from may h...

Disagree with the following. these are the comments this morning on cnbc by former fda commissioner scott gottlieb, who, full disclosure, is a member of the board of pfizer. >> there is a presumption that the growth in cases in south africa is comprised of this omicron variant. the reality is they were having a mini delta surge before this emerge the. we don't know whether or not the increased number of cases that they are seeing is this new variant. think of all the variants that have emerged and the vaccine still demonstrated efficacy. there is no reason to believe we will lose them against ...

Have been unvaccinated and at least among the young people that they have seen contract this variant of the disease, that they had mild symptoms. it is early. israel is talking about similar data. is this a hopeful sign that omicron may be less threatening than some of the worst predictions early on? >> i think so, jim. i think a hospitalization pattern in south africa or particularly the province that is mostly affected doesn't suggest anything different about this variant, compared to the prior variants of concern. and the original strain. so that's encouraging. there are other pieces of enc...