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Old Mar 16, 2022, 4:46 pm
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Originally Posted by gudugan
Good analysis. Option 1 isn't feasible. The data was just released from late 2020 phase 1 trial of ARCoV (domestic mRNA vaccine) and phase 3 is not released/keeps getting postponed. Basically, it's highly likely that ARCoV doesn't work for Omicron (if it works at all). https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journ...21)00280-9.pdf They can't get enough Moderna/BioNTech even if they wanted to (politics notwithstanding) and distribution will take a long time.
ARCoV will just need a third shot for Omicron, same as Pfizer and Moderna. There's no data indicating that it'll be significantly worse than the other two mRNA vaccines (which still aren't great) against Omicron after a booster.




https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-022-00626-w
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