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Submission + - SPAM: Pfizer vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels targeting the Delta variant

Submitted by cyber_rigger
cyber_rigger writes: Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK,

@DavidLVBauer tweets Significant loss of antibody neutralisation vs live B.1.617.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant
  Legacy study of 250 (!) Pfizer-BioNTech 1/2-dose vaccinees

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David L.V. Bauer — Group Leader — The Francis Crick Institute RNA Virus Replication Laboratory

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Submission + - US House Blocks Bill to Declassify Intel on COVID Origins (townhall.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The COVID-19 Origin Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate and passed unanimously in May.

By a vote of 216 to 207 Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives blocked consideration of a bill that would require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, specifically information about any role the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played in the pandemic's outbreak.

"The best disinfectant is sunlight and that's what we can provide today, The bill first establishes that we must identify the precise origins of COVID-19 because it is critical for preventing a similar pandemic in the future."

Submission + - SPAM: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Recipients Have Lower Antibody Levels

Submitted by cyber_rigger
cyber_rigger writes: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Recipients Have Lower Antibody Levels Targeting the India (Delta / B.1.617.2) Variant

Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognize and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK, according to new laboratory data from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, published on June 3, 2021, as a Research Letter in The Lancet.
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