![]() However, antibody analysis has revealed that early in the Omicron surge in February of this year, between 70 and 80 percent of all children over the age of one had been infected. Thirty-one percent of children aged 12-17, and 64 percent ages 5-11 are unvaccinated. Despite great efforts to persuade them otherwise, about 20 percent of American adults are currently unwilling to be vaccinated and a further five percent are uncertain. ![]() We must face the blunt reality that a significant minority of Americans will choose not to be vaccinated. Given the characteristics of SARS-COV-2, the name of the virus that causes the disease, it is unlikely that future variants - or newer vaccines - will change the prospect of waves of infection and reinfection. We all know many public figures, relatives, neighbors and friends, including ourselves who have had and recovered from recent COVID-19. The fact is that infections and reinfections are virtually impossible to avoid or contain. The virus is highly adept at circumventing the immune defenses even of those who were previously infected or are up-to-date on vaccinations, or both. Vaccines remain highly effective in preventing serious disease, but are far less effective in stopping infections and transmission. These are the most communicable human viruses on the planet. ![]() What’s clear is that the latest Omicron sub-variants are running rampant across the globe. But the interpretation, implications and what to do about it is. ![]()
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