10-01-2022, 07:39 AM
The call to have a major rethink on Covid comes as the NHS is under increasing strain from Covid-related staff absences.
He urged scientists to focus on vaccines that help boost cellular immune responses, instead of antibody responses.
"It doesn't need to, so it doesn't do it. Antibodies wane anyway, they won't be high all the time.
Dr Dix said: "Given Omicron is a much, much more mild variant now, it is pointless to keep giving more vaccines to people who are not going to get very ill.
"We should let them get ill. We should focus on why vaccines are good at stopping disease."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/154727...updates-vn
He urged scientists to focus on vaccines that help boost cellular immune responses, instead of antibody responses.
"It doesn't need to, so it doesn't do it. Antibodies wane anyway, they won't be high all the time.
Dr Dix said: "Given Omicron is a much, much more mild variant now, it is pointless to keep giving more vaccines to people who are not going to get very ill.
"We should let them get ill. We should focus on why vaccines are good at stopping disease."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/154727...updates-vn