‘It’s like a war:’ Health experts stress getting both shots to combat Delta variant

A new study on the fast-moving Delta variant is revealing the importance of getting both vaccine shots.

Local health experts said they are especially concerned the variant can partly evade the immune system. Health experts said it’s like going to battle, without all your armor.

“Between our immune system and the virus, it’s like a war,” said UW Medicine Microbiologist, Dr. Deborah Fuller.

Read more from Dr. Fuller on KOMO News here.

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A pairing of two different types of vaccines will probably be more effective than a combination of two different vaccines that use the same basic strategy, Fuller says. “We think that…some are just better at triggering certain arms of the immune system than others,” she says. “And when you have them in combination, they start to synergize and leverage all of our defenses.” 

Read more from Dr. Fuller in the Seattle Times and Popular Science.