Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/IgvfoYPT36w   You’ve heard the news that the new CoVid variants first arising in the UK, South Africa, and South America are more contagious and possible more deadly than the original CoVid strain,  Our current vaccines may not protect as well.    Against the British strain, Moderna and Pfizer induced strong antibody neutralization.  Against the South African strain, the Moderna vaccine produced 6-fold lower antibody levels but still protective ones and the Pfizer vaccine triggered antibody levels 20% lower to 40% higher.  No data yet for the Brazilian strain.   Even if a vaccine does not completely prevent CoVid, it will make any infection less severe and less deadly.  Get vaccinated!   https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-retains-neutralizing-activity-against https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.27.427998v1.full.pdf   #covid #pfizer #moderna #vaccine