Obsy,
All vaccines train the immune system; the covid vaccine is no different than HPV, Polio, MMR, etc.
What they are finding is that you need 3 doses of either the Phizer or Moderna vaccine to have nearly complete protection against Omicron; 1 definitely doesnt do anything and 2 could go either way.
What they are finding though is that if you only got two doses of either of those vaccines, you have a far greater chance of having only mild illness. Still, hospitalizations for covid-19 with vaccinated people is 90% lower if you are vaccinated (for the delta variant) and 80% lower chance of infection
A trio of studies in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) today show that COVID vaccines protect very well against the Delta (B1617.2) variant, with unvaccinated people having 5 times the risk of infection and more than 10 times the risk of hospitalization or death compared with vaccinated people.
COVID-19 vaccines protect against severe illness during Delta | CIDRAP (umn.edu)
As far as Omicron goes, I won't disagree with you at all that two doses seem to not be very effective against it; that's why they are recommending a third dose.
This virology stuff is quite interesting - Hopefully this IS more mild and will be the last major mutation. Time will tell obsy
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