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Comment by whb07 | Hacker News Reader

The data was real the first time. The virus got worse.

I suspect the worry is that it will be similar for the pill. Highly effective now, but less effective for future variants.

Well, the more fronts on which we attack the vaccine, the barder it will be to to evolve against all of them.

"Highly effective now" sounds like the best one can reasonably expect. Though I am very interested in the early work on a pan-coronavirus vaccine

Presumably this data is against Delta or an earlier variant but by the time it's in use covid will be 99% Omicron. I wonder how that will effect things.

sadly by the time omicron would reach 99% we might have another variant and cycle repeats.

Data released is with what was present, in time we'll get for the rest as well... Omicron right now is too new to actually know effectiveness...

> Can’t wait for the follow on months of real data disproving their terrible study.

Can you please elaborate on exactly which study are you referring to and your reasoning to accuse it of being "terrible"?

Meanwhile, we've endured at least two strains which are significantly different than the original 2019 Wuhan strain, and thanks to the vaccine the mortality risk has dropped to residual levels.

And even better, the mortality risk has dropped despite increased social activity! While maybe the number of cases has yet to be mitigated, those have at least not spiked significantly despite previously cautious people returning to many normal activities (such as dining in, movies, and travel). It’s a big win :)

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