astrazeneca/covishield does not seem to work against south african variant

but it's still a good idea to take your covishield shot in my opinion. 

this is a definite dampener, though. and it is alarming. 

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2102214#.YFJIkr3ju7k.twitter

CONCLUSIONS

A two-dose regimen of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine did not show protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 due to the B.1.351 variant.