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With the arrival of the variant Omicron, you might be tempted to wait for a variant or an Omicron-specific booster to get your booster shot. 💉
Another good reason you should not wait to get your booster is that most of the variant-specific boosters are still in the trial phase and most tests are still done on animals such as mice (7), hamsters (8), or on macaques (3). 🐭🐹🐵
It might take some time before we get a variant-specific booster that is providing better protection than the current boosters are offering.
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— ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord (@ScienceUpFirst) May 27, 2022
With the arrival of the variant Omicron, you might be tempted to wait for an Omicron or other variant-specific booster.💉
But we wouldn’t recommend it. Here’s why 👇#ScienceUpFirst
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