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whiterac00n t1_j90a3xd wrote

But this is all data about the omicron variant and is purposefully not including any other sub variants. While for the sake of data it definitely makes sense, the omicron variant was a year ago and given how fast it has mutated it stands to reason that other variants are going to be what is going to swing around (each and every year now). Like the flu there very well could be a new variant and a new vaccine, and anyone just relying on “oh I had COVID once before” is not getting the full story. I understand that the point of the article is to discuss hot topic issues from the past but given how we can easily guess how this article will be used in the future it deserves to have “past variants only” stamped all over it.

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softsnowfall t1_j90bis0 wrote

Exactly. People often just want to hold onto data and studies that say what they want to hear, but the time period, variants, etc should ALWAYS be considered relevant. I agree it should be clearly marked. Newspapers should also point out if a quoted/reported study is about a past variant.

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