Immunity waning – A rambling mind

Just as we thought it was safe to go back into the water

Chart 318 for scenario UK_17 with vaccinations. 17th May 1.8% ,19th July 1%, 1st Sep 2%, mean NPI relaxations and 30th Nov +2% and 10th Dec +3% additional NPIs. v4 transmission k11 = 3, var_eff = 25/50/70%, fSS 7% and fmort 1.05%. Model outcomes to October 29th 2022. Reported active cases and deaths to December 8th. Serious cases for 4 variants.

Omicron is feared to have higher infectiousness than the Delta variant, with even greater concerns should it turn out to cause more severe symptoms, higher mortality, and possibly worst of all, if it were able to evade current Covid-19 vaccines. I have made some parametric runs of my model to assess the possible effects.

Booster jab matters

Chart 318 for scenario UK079 with vaccinations. 17th May 1.8% ,19th July 1% and 1st Sep 2% mean NPI relaxations. v3 transmission k11 = 1, var_eff = 85/95%, fss x1 and fmort x1. Model 800 day outcomes to April 12th 2022 compared with reported active cases and deaths to October 17th. Serious cases for 3 variants

Having just had my 3rd Covid jab, the “booster” jab, it provoked a few thoughts about that, my Coronavirus model, and the wider scene. I had incorporated multiple jabs into my UK model some time ago, and multiple phases for inoculation volumes to cope with the first and second jabs. I am taking this opportunity to report briefly on model outcomes for waning immunity in the context of booster jabs.