CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

COVID-19: Omicron Transmissibility, Severity, and Vaccine Effectiveness

Episode Summary

Transmissibility, disease severity, and vaccine effectiveness are different with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant compared with the ancestral virus and prior variants. Hear expert faculty discuss what we know about omicron.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Sharon R. Lewin, AO, FRACP, PhD, FAHMS, discusses what is known about the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant, including:

Transmissibility and infectiousness

•  Immune evasion

Disease severity

•  Risks of hospitalization and death  

Vaccine effectiveness  

• 2- vs 3-dose vaccine effectiveness
• T-cell response

Presenter:  

Sharon R. Lewin, AO, FRACP, PhD, FAHMS
Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Professor of Infectious Diseases
University of Melbourne
Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician
Alfred Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, Australia

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 Link to full program:
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