Urges Anthony Fauci to listen to the science on natural immunity
The newly discovered omicron mutation of the novel coronavirus will likely be a “minor” variant, according to epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough.
“It’s simply not going to be as infectious” as the delta variant, he said, citing researcher Jacques Fantini of the University of Aix-Marseille in France.
“It doesn’t look like it’s going to have the evolutionary efficiency to become a dominant strain,” McCullough told Fox News host Laura Ingraham Tuesday night. “I think it’s going to be like the lambda and the epsilon variants previously described during the most recent year in COVID-19.
“It will become a minor variant,” he said. “So I certainly wouldn’t be looking for wrapping up on new vaccines or boosters to try to target this variant, until we have more data.”
However, as Ingraham pointed out, a number of vaccine makers already are “on the hunt” for a vaccine for omicron. She asked McCullough if he thought those efforts are in vain, with any targeted variant having burned out by the time the shots are ready.
He replied that with 99% of COVID cases now of the delta variant, “the vaccines are not keyed against delta, so they’re having a terrible time in terms of getting control.”