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    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the current pandemic, resulting in millions of deaths worldwide. Increasingly contagious variants of concern (VoC) have fueled recurring global infection waves. A major question is the relative severity of the disease caused by previous and currently circulating variants of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we evaluated the…

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    With waning immunity and a coronavirus that seems to become more infectious with each new variant, the Biden administration predicts that up to 100 million more people could get Covid-19 in the fall and winter. That estimate makes it crucial that as many people as possible get booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine, experts say.

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    • <1/2 of eligible Americans (1/3 of total πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ population) has gotten a first #boostershot. Only ~10M have gotten a 2nd #booster (avail to age 50+ or age 12+ if #immunocompromised). If we want to limit the current #OmicronVariant 🌊, we need to #GetBoosted. https://t.co/TTweztDFcy