Jay ( jay@beehaw.org ) to World NewsEnglish · 3 years agoOur fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formulaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up133
arrow-up133external-linkOur fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formulaarstechnica.comJay ( jay@beehaw.org ) to World NewsEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squaremisguidedfunk ( misguidedfunk@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoSo a monovalent booster should not wane in effectiveness as the bivalent?
minus-squareJay ( jay@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 years agoI think it’s just that the bivalent booster was targeting (a) an extinct variant and (b) a different Omicron subvariant. This will target some form of Omicron XBB, I think, which has been the dominant strain for months now.
So a monovalent booster should not wane in effectiveness as the bivalent?
I think it’s just that the bivalent booster was targeting (a) an extinct variant and (b) a different Omicron subvariant. This will target some form of Omicron XBB, I think, which has been the dominant strain for months now.