Omicron. Fear pervades. Why? Misinformation must be avoided at all costs. Ireland, our politicians are suspended in animation and they have reason to be. Nobody knows what we need to know about Omicron. On the shoulders of giants so for this reason I recommend yet again Dr Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter.

Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · 6h

Leaving this here… “Existing #COVID19 jabs will struggle against the #Omicron variant & it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna, Stephane Bancel, has told FT. Solid data coming in 2 weeks. france24.com Moderna boss says vaccines likely no match for Omicron: FT Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told the Financial Times.

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Eric Feigl-Ding Retweeted Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab · Nov 29 Monitoring wastewater for viral load estimates outbreak size In just a few weeks, in Pretoria S. Africa (north of Johannesburg) viral load detected in wastewater has reached similar levels as the peak of Delta This at least indicates that transmission may be remarkably swift Show this thread