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Breaking: Moderna begins trial for omicron-targeted booster shot
The Hill ^ | 01/26/22 06:38 PM EST | BY BRAD DRESS

Posted on 01/26/2022 3:43:38 PM PST by RandFan

Moderna has started testing an omicron-specific booster shot in adults, the company announced Wednesday.

The trial, which will include several hundred people at two dozen sites across the U.S., comes as companies and health officials grapple with a rise in cases linked to the omicron variant.

Omicron has become the dominant strain in the U.S. since it first appeared in the country late last year, with the highly transmissible virus driving up cases and hospitalizations, though early data suggests it causes less severe disease.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; moderna; omicronvaccine; trials
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To: RandFan

Omicron spreads so fast everyone will have had it by the time even a short trial run is over.

Best move on to researching treatment.


21 posted on 01/26/2022 7:43:46 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: RandFan

Stuff it where the Sun don’t shine, Moderna…


22 posted on 01/26/2022 7:54:28 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: vivenne

Well, I’m over omicron. Unvaxxed. About a week of flulike symptoms.


23 posted on 01/26/2022 7:56:43 PM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: RandFan

It’s too late, too late


24 posted on 01/26/2022 7:58:44 PM PST by TBall
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To: RandFan

You don’t need a freaking shot for the common cold!
This is insanity! It’s all a money making scheme,what the Hell is this crap vaccines for sniffles! And sore throat!


25 posted on 01/27/2022 5:36:54 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: griswold3

My unvaxxed teenage grandkid recovered from Omicron before her positive results came back. A 36-hour flulike illness with a slight fever. She has a few lingering sniffles, which in all likelihood are her normal allergies. No one else in the household caught it.


26 posted on 01/27/2022 6:32:54 AM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: RandFan

You don’t need a freaking shot for the common cold!
This is insanity! It’s all a money making scheme,what the Hell is this crap vaccines for sniffles! And sore throat!


27 posted on 01/27/2022 7:13:49 AM PST by ballplayer
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