Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel CNBC interview (329.63) Mr. Bancel said:
There has been mutations in the spike protein in the Omicron variant. It is taking over from Delta in the African nations. He believes the Omicron variant is highly infectious. He thinks other countries have cases that they are not aware of. It is possible that vaccine effectiveness will go down, but have to wait for data to know for sure. It will take 2-6 weeks to get more clarity if variant is more deadly. He thinks any country that had flights from South Africa in the last 7-10 days have the variant in their country. Travel restrictions can slow down the virus.
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