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What’s new about the mutant variant that everyone is panicking about? 

The world is not at 2 years ago from an unknown virus pandemic, vaccines have rolled out and developed , normalization has just about beginning backed by the confidence of medical science that these MRNA shots do get you protected . Moderna and Pfizer claims they can tweak their vaccination shots tocover ‘loopholes’ from the omicron . Humans adapt to the changing world and we should have confidence solutions will be melt out faster now that we are more prepared. 

—> Microbiologist Prof Calum Semple says vaccines are "still likely to protect you from severe disease" - but he says he does support the new UK travel restrictions because they will allow more people to get jabbed.

Asked whether people should be fearful of the new variant, Prof Semple - who sits on the UK government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies - told BBC Breakfast: "This is not a disaster, and the headlines from some of my colleagues saying 'this is horrendous' I think are hugely overstating the situation.

"Immunity from the vaccination is still likely to protect you from severe disease."