NYC Health Officials Say Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5 Could Be More Likely To Infect Vaccinated

In what some argue is the latest in a series of embarrassing and telling admissions by those managing the COVID pandemic, New York City health officials have acknowledged that the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant of COVID-19 is more likely to infect individuals who have been vaccinated.

The acknowledgment follows Thursday’s CDC warning that vaccines are linked to “severe adverse” side effects in children and Friday’s announcement that the CDC was “investigating” reports of the correlation between the vaccine and ischemic stroke issues in senior adults.

On Monday, a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said the “Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 73 percent of all sequenced COVID-19 cases in NYC. XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible form of COVID-19 that we know of to date and may be more likely to infect people who have been vaccinated or already had COVID-19.”

The New York City Department of Health’s statement follows a summer report by the National Center for Biotechnology Information noting:
“Studies showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals. According to European Medicines Agency recommendations, frequent COVID-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune response.”