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Yoni Heisler
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A new peer-reviewed study found that the South African variant of the coronavirus is far more resistant to existing COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna than initially believed. Compounding matters is that the South Africa COVID mutation, similar to the UK mutation, is also 50% more contagious than the original strain. And seeing as how the South African strain is already spreading in the US, many health experts believe that it's still too soon for states to ease up on existing COVID restrictions.
The research study was made available via Nature this week and boasts a number of startling findings. Most importantly, the study found that Moderna's COVID vaccine was 12.4 less effective against the South African strain. Pfizer's COVID vaccine, meanwhile, was found to be about 10.3 less effective against the South African strain. One piece of good news from the study is that Pfizer and Moderna's COVID vaccines seemed to hold up well against the UK strain currently spreading across dozens of communities in the US.
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This is the worst news we’ve seen about coronavirus vaccines and the South African variant originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 17:33:23 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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