First-hand reports to the ZOE Covid app, which logs submissions from millions of users across the UK, hints at the variant’s ability to evade vaccine-induced antibodies.
Speaking in his latest video, Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London, who heads up the ZOE Covid study app, explained the symptoms being reported in those double or triple jabbed.
“A regular ZOE user entertained a 60th birthday party gathering with 18 guests,” he began.
“All of them had taken lateral flow tests prior to the gathering. On Sunday they were informed that one of the guests – who happened to be a teacher – had tested positive and the following week 16 out of 18 had fallen ill in some way.”