Mayo Clinic expert discusses updated COVID-19 vaccines

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:01:13 Category: Science & Technology

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It appears that this virus is going to continue to change as immunity in the population wanes either after vaccination or prior infection, new strains of this virus will cause outbreaks at different times of the year. The more recent vaccines that are being released right now have been designed against a variant that we saw early in 2024, and so the immune response that's generated by these new vaccines is much more specific to the strains that are currently in circulation, and should do a lot better job and studies have shown that the immune response is much more pronounced and specific against these variants and help keep some from getting COVID and most importantly keep them from getting really sick. Those who are immune compromised, those who are over the age of 75, those with certain pre existing health conditions, those who are pregnant fall into a higher risk category and should get the updated COVID 19 vaccines as soon as possible.

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