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Chris Wendell's avatar

Any thoughts and/or concerns about antibody-dependent enhancement reactions in the people vaccinated against COVID-19 during the upcoming flu season?

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Peter Bornstein's avatar

NIH/NIAID is studying boosters. We'll see! However, if it is a rare event, it may not be seen until after broad deployment.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-evaluating-moderna-covid-19-variant-vaccine-begins

Since we don't typically see this with other coronavirus infections (as opposed to dengue fever, where this is a big problem), I'm optimistic we won't be seeing that phenomenon.

Thoughtful article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5

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