We should not lose the curiosity in immune well being that covid-19 spurred

After a number of months of the covid-19 pandemic, curiosity in immunity was at an all-time excessive. Conserving that curiosity alive is in all our greatest pursuits

A FEW months into the covid-19 pandemic, it was uncommon to have a dialog with out antibodies, vaccines and viruses being talked about in the identical breath. Greater than three years on, we shouldn’t let that curiosity wane – particularly as we face one of many coronavirus’s newest variants, XBB.1.5, or “Kraken” as some have named it.

It definitely seems to be deserving of its monster moniker. This subvariant of omicron is now the dominant pressure within the US and is spreading quickly all through Europe and Asia.

It’s the most transmissible subvariant found but, because of adjustments in its spike protein, the …