Nov 30, 2021
Did vaccine nationalism contribute to the rise of the new worrying variant Omicron?
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It's too early to say, but there are already fingers pointed at vaccine inequality.
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French experts say Omicron likely came from a patient with a depressed immune system.
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And is the result of a long line of mutations that accumulated during a chronic infection.
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In South Africa, where Omicron was detected, only a quarter of the population is vaccinated.
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Whoever it came from, it would have spread slower if the surrounding population was immune.
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Omicron is a variant of concern, and could break through immunity from vaccines and prior infection.
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This is what WHO has been warning all along, that unvaccinated countries can hatch new mutations.
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And that it is very important for rich countries to ensure that poor countries get vaccines too.
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