Moderna is working on a vaccine targeting the Omicron variant for 2022.[1]
The mRNA vaccine technology is "agile". There's a workflow from sequencing a virus to generating a candidate vaccine. It only took two days to generate the original COVID-19 vaccine. It's the clinical testing in small, then large groups that's the time consuming part.
Also, the inhaled vaccines are entering clinical testing.[2] It's not like we're stuck with the original vaccines.
The mRNA vaccine technology is "agile". There's a workflow from sequencing a virus to generating a candidate vaccine. It only took two days to generate the original COVID-19 vaccine. It's the clinical testing in small, then large groups that's the time consuming part.
Also, the inhaled vaccines are entering clinical testing.[2] It's not like we're stuck with the original vaccines.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/28/moderna-says-an-omicron-vari...
[2] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e1637976-5c3f-11ec-90d0-c...