Will Covaxin and Covishield be effective against Omicron?
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Hello, I am aware and worried as well about the new emergence of Omicron. I would like to know will Covaxin and Covishield be effective against Omicron? I have been vaccinated. Please reply.
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@kanish Immunity from vaccination is still likely to protect you from severe disease. You might get a snuffle or a headache or a filthy cold but your chance of coming into hospital, or intensive care or sadly dying are greatly diminished by the vaccine and still will be going into the future. mRNA vaccines are directed towards spike protein and receptor interaction. So mRNA vaccines need to be tweaked around this change already observed. But not all vaccines are similar. Covishield and Covaxin produce immunity through a different antigen presentation to our system.
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