Vaccines are less effective against the variant of the virus identified in India, research shows.
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As was known from the beginning these vaccines are non-sterilizing. What we're now seeing is the virus mutating to avoid the spike protein antibodies, which was to be expected. We find ourselves in a situation where hundreds of millions of people have received drug therapies that will provide them protection from severe illness but will do nothing to stop them from catching and spreading the virus. This will potentially lead to the virus becoming both more infectious and more deadly, something that would be impossible without the vaccines.
It's being reported that the Indian variant has mutated to avoid the Pfizer vaccine. This strain is already in the US and Europe and will become predominant in the next few weeks and months. The good news is that there are enough people in the US who have natural immunity that a massive spike in cases is unlikely at least in the medium term. The bad news is that the folks who have received the vaccine will shortly be coming down with the coof and the pressure to go back into lockdown will be back on.