Back in the field harvesting olives this morning at the invitation of Palestinian families (near Beit Jala today) with @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social and many other new released-from-detention friends. Our harvest today was peaceful & successful.

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However, newer viral variants remain immunogenic, albeit probably at modestly reduced levels--so this work does not support alarmism about immunity no longer recognizing SARSCoV2. Antibody response has amazing ability to recognize diverse antigens, although it recognizes some more easily than others

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Given some follow-up posts re this study (especially on X), I am pasting as image below last paragraph of Discussion. Multiple studies (eg, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC..., thelancet.com/journals/lan... show exposure to new variants still elicits antibodies, albeit w different specificities.

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The best science and medicine writers in the world reflect on what working alongside Helen Branswell meant to them.

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I worked with—and deeply admired—Helen for almost 30 years. She was hands down *the best source* about emerging infectious diseases that I've ever known. My first warning of COVID was when on Dec 28, 2019 she reposted a ProMED mail report of an atypical pneumonia cluster: "This doesn't look good."

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