rubysong:
'I think having Omicron gives good, long lasting immunity'
Maybe it does - for some people - but not for others - so still hardly a reason for catching it.
'Undue public confidence in the long-term durability of immunity following natural infection by SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to contribute to vaccine hesitancy, perhaps because of a false equivalence with the long-term immunity after natural recovery from evolutionarily divergent viruses causing diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella. By contrast, numerous respiratory viruses such as influenza, human rhinoviruses, or coronaviruses can overcome the immunity conferred by previous infections by evolving new variants in the protein domains most frequently surveilled and targeted by the human immune system. Just over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, novel SARS-CoV-2 variants that can vary in severity of infection and evoke differential immune system responses and that can thwart the durability of immunity started arising.'
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(21)00219-6/fulltext
Which British song sums up the 1960s for you?
Unite the Kingdom and Pro Palestine marches Cup 16th May 2026
