Research suggests that vaccinated people who caught Omicron tend to develop more robust immunity to past and present strains of the coronavirus.
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https://gizmodo.com/omicron-infection-immune-boost-vaccinated-people-1848931163
Recent preliminary research might offer some comfort to the many vaccinated Americans who came across Omicron this past winter. A pair of studies suggest that vaccinated people who caught the variant went on to develop a strong and diverse immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in general—more so than people who were vaccinated and boosted or people who were only infected with Omicron. The findings could also indicate that an updated booster, perhaps specific to Omicron, will be more effective at ensuring longer-term immunity moving forward.
The results come from two preprint papers released on the website bioRxiv in April and May:onefrom University of Washington researchers and theotherfrom researchers at BioNTech, the…
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