The current COVID-19 vaccines provide protectionagainst severe disease, and individuals who are up to date on their vaccine series will have better outcomes than those who are not. The thinking with the new omicron boosters was to develop a vaccine to target the currently spreading variants and prevent infection to begin with. Effectiveness is unclear, and it will be interesting to see data on how well the omicron-specific boosters will prevent disease, and how long this protection will last.Why you shouldn’t ‘just let yourself get omicron.’