{"id":1164874,"date":"2021-12-28T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T16:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164874"},"modified":"2021-12-28T11:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T16:19:46","slug":"new-study-suggests-omicron-could-boost-protection-against-different-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-study-suggests-omicron-could-boost-protection-against-different-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Suggests Omicron Could Boost Protection Against Different Variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-study-suggests-omicron-could-boost-protection-against-different-variant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Catching the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2&nbsp;could end up boosting immunity against the previous widespread strain called Delta, a new study out of South Africa has found.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban conducted a small study that found people infected with Omicron \u2014 and especially those who have been fully vaccinated \u2014 developed a higher immunity to Delta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, involved 15 vaccinated and unvaccinated Omicron patients in South Africa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-28\/world-hits-record-daily-covid-cases-as-omicron-mars-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Bloomberg News, which noted that two were excluded because they didn\u2019t detectably neutralize Omicron,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/28\/south-africa-study-suggests-omicron-infection-could-boost-immunity\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe authors, led by Alex Sigal and Khadija Khan, found that while the neutralization of Omicron increased 14-fold over 14 days after the enrollment, there also was a 4.4-fold increase in neutralization of the Delta variant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increase in Delta variant neutralization in individuals infected with Omicron may result in decreased ability of Delta to re-infect those individuals,\u201d the authors said, adding, the findings are \u201cconsistent with Omicron displacing the Delta variant, since it can elicit immunity which neutralizes making re-infection with Delta less likely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Omicron can displace Delta to become the main variant, that could be big news because Omicron, while up to 70 times more contagious, seems far less likely to land sufferers in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf so, then the incidence of COVID-19 severe disease would be reduced and the infection may shift to become less disruptive to individuals and society,\u201d the study said.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers for a new study say Omicron appears to be milder than the Delta variant of COVID-19, leading to up to 80% fewer hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>Of the people who contract the virus and are hospitalized, they\u2019re also 70% less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit or be put on a ventilator compared to those with Delta, the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10339089\/Omicron-Covid-MILDER-three-major-studies-confirm-Research-England-Scotland-South-Africa.html\">reported<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.12.21.21268116v1\">study<\/a> led by South Africa\u2019s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo even though cases of omicron were less likely to end up in hospital than cases of delta, it is not possible to say whether this is due to inherent differences in virulence or whether this is due to higher population immunity in November compared to earlier in the year,\u201d Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the U.K.\u2019s University of East Anglia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10335919\/Omicron-80-CENT-likely-cause-hospital-admission-Delta-major-study-suggests.html\">told<\/a> the Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Another study found much of the same. \u201cA separate study out of Scotland, by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and other experts, suggested the risk of hospitalization was two-thirds less with omicron than delta. But that study pointed out that the nearly 24,000 omicron cases in Scotland were predominantly among younger adults ages 20-39. Younger people are much less likely to develop severe cases of COVID-19,\u201d the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis national investigation is one of the first to show that Omicron is less likely to result in COVID-19 hospitalization than Delta,\u201d researchers wrote, according to the AP. While the findings are drawn from early data, \u201cthey are encouraging,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0could end up boosting immunity against the previous widespread strain called Delta, a new study out of South Africa has found. 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