Good news for the immunocompromised: Vaccines may not work for you, depending on exactly why your immune system is defective, but the US government has ordered a whole bunch of the new AstraZeneca monoclonal antibody cocktail that is supposed to last for six months. It's is available for use now, and doctors are beginning to administer it prophylactically to their high-risk patients.

Bad news for the never-infected and never-vaccinated: For you, Omicron is not at all a "less virulent" natural way to get the benefits of vaccination. Yes, it's much less serious for the previously infected or vaccinated, but that's because of their T-cell immunity, not any inherent difference in this variant. Almost everybody dying these days is unvaccinated. Going to an "Omicron Party" is essentially the most dangerous vaccine possible. The FDA would NEVER approve a vaccine that had that hospitalization and death rate, not to mention the risk of Long Covid.

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