The Delta covid variant is making headlines all over the world. This is probably people’s worst nightmare, a variant of the virus that is even more dangerous and will not let us get back to our normal lives.
Check out the latest news about the subject below.
Vaccinated people are helping in Delta variant transmission
Business Insider notes that the whole US is celebrating robust COVID-19 vaccine coverage.
The online publication notes that strangers are standing shoulder to shoulder in bars, fans are packed with indoor concerts, and travellers are flying in numbers not seen since before lockdowns began in 2020.
“While the virus hasn’t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives.”
This is what President Joe Biden said on Sunday, as hospitalizations, cases, and deaths trended down. He also added the following:
“America is coming back together.”
But a quiet new wave of severe COVID-19 infections is brewing, fueled by the more transmissible Delta coronavirus variant.
Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, told Insider the following:
“We actually have states where hospitalizations are going up more than cases.”
Experts addressed the Delta variant and said that vaccinated people are definitely helping spread the virus.
“You cannot explain the explosive epidemic in Scotland, in a pretty highly vaccinated population, if they’re not playing a role in transmission.”
This is what Murray said of vaccinated people.
Vaccines’ effectiveness affected by the Delta variant of Covid
Just the other day, we were revealing that the Delta variant is displaying a worrying ability to evade the vaccine and cause severe illness.
Experts are saying that those figures support the shots’ effectiveness. There are three main reasons why, as revealed by Fox News.
We suggest that you check out our previous article in order to learn more details about the reasons for which Delta can escape vaccines.