First Omicron case reported in the US: Live updates – CNN

Dr. StephenHoge,president ofModerna, expressed hope the pharmaceutical company's Covid-19 vaccine would deliver the "highest efficacy" against the Omicron variant.

"Our hope, at least in Moderna,is that we're going to continueto see the highest efficacyoverall and continue to see theboosters push that even higher," he said during CNN's town hall tonight.

Hoge was responding to Moderna CEO Stphane Bancel remarks on Tuesday in which he suggested current vaccinesmight struggle with Omicron.

"There is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level... we had with [the] Delta [variant]," Bancel said in an interview with the Financial Times. "I think it's going to be a material drop. I just don't know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I've talked to... are like, 'This is not going to be good.'"

Hoge took issue with Bancel's word choice, but acknowledged this evening that it is likely the current vaccines could be less effective against Omicron.

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