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Preliminary research suggests that the omicron variant may potentially induce a robust immune response. Olga Siletskaya/Moment via Getty Images

Is the omicron variant Mother Nature’s way of vaccinating the masses and curbing the pandemic?

Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina

Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.
Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman. The Wellcome Collection.

Eradicating smallpox: the global vaccination push that brought the world ‘arm-to-arm’

Michael Bennett, University of Tasmania

The major problem in Britain and elsewhere was complacency. The early success in suppressing smallpox, and indeed eliminating it in some places, led parents to neglect vaccination.

Related Topics

  1. Antibodies
  2. COVID-19
  3. COVID-19 vaccine rollout
  4. Herd immunity
  5. Immunity
  6. Omicron variant
  7. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  8. Smallpox
  9. Smallpox eradication
  10. Vaccination rates for COVID-19

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