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Omicron infection provides immunity against delta, small study finds
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Tuesday by South African scientists found an omicron infection may provide immunity against the delta variant.
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A recent study found that infection from the omicron variant of COVID-19 can decrease the likelihood that an individual will get reinfected with the delta variant.
Researchers from South Africa found that people who are infected with Omicron, especially those who are vaccinated, gain stronger immunity against Delta.
While omicron has been shown to be highly transmissible and can evade some antibodies, after two weeks of getting symptoms immunity to subsequent infections from the strain rose 14-fold, according to...
A small study from South Africa suggests that the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant may reduce infections from the delta variant, as the former strain builds up immunity against the latter.
Last week I wrote about one of the central mysteries of the Omicron wave. It seems certain at this point that infection by the new variant produces much milder illness than Delta, which is nice but do...
South African data, not yet peer-reviewed, comes from 13 cases; researchers can't definitively say neutralization of Omicron not due to vaccination or previous infection
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.
