Onyema Ogbuagu
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“changes all the time,”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu explained that the flu virus constantly changes its genome.
“It has a way of changing its genome, which now allows it to evade immunity, including vaccine immunity or natural immunity.”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Ogbuagu explained how the flu virus evades immunity by changing its genome.
“We know how transformational this technology has been and could be for infectious diseases ... and it’s nice to see ... a second mRNA vaccine be approved,”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Ogbuagu expressed enthusiasm about the approval of a second mRNA vaccine.
“you have very poor efficacy, and that poor efficacy eventually equates to more illnesses, more hospitalizations and more deaths in that year,”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Ogbuagu described the consequences of poor efficacy in years when the flu shot and circulating strain do not match.
“Contrary to all the misinformation around how mRNA vaccines performed in COVID, I think those of us who are experts in the field ... I was involved in clinical trials for the mRNA vaccines, I took the mRNA vaccine myself. I gave the vaccine to my kids and my parents, and I offer it to my patients every day,”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Ogbuagu countered misinformation about mRNA vaccines and shared his personal experience with them.
“now gives us this opportunity to not just be able to produce vaccines quickly, but you could potentially see if the prediction tools we use are wrong, that within the same season you could be able to even produce another iteration of the vaccine to address the mismatch. So I think there’s enormous potential there in regards to mRNA,”
Onyema Ogbuagu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-11
Ogbuagu discussed the potential of mRNA technology to quickly produce vaccines and address mismatches within the same season.