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Health officials warn against jumping to conclusions on omicron | TheHill

Health officials warn against jumping to conclusions on omicron | TheHill

Health officials warn against jumping to conclusions on omicron | TheHill
Nov 28, 2021 1 min, 9 secs

Experts stressed that data on the omicron variant is extremely limited and that data on whether it can evade vaccine immunity should be available in the next few weeks, providing a clearer picture of how countries should be addressing omicron.

Although no cases have been confirmed in the U.S., chief White House medical adviser Anthony FauciAnthony FauciSunday shows preview: New COVID-19 variant emerges; supply chain issues and inflation persist NY governor declares state of emergency to prepare for omicron US to restrict travel from eight African nations over new COVID-19 concerns MORE said on ABC’s “This Week,” that the varent will "inevitably" appear. .

However, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said on "Fox News Sunday" that while data on omicron is limited, COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S.

"If you talk to people in vaccine circles, people who are working on a vaccine, they have a pretty good degree of confidence that a boosted vaccine — so three full doses of vaccine — is going to be fairly protective against this new variant," said Gottlieb, who sits on Pfizer's board of directors.

While Collins estimated that it would take two or three weeks of laboratory and field studies to better understand the virus, Gottlieb said that data from early testing on how blood from fully vaccinated people reacts to the omicron variant could come as early as next week.

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