Saturday, June 19, 2021
Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant - The Atlantic
Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant - The Atlantic
Delta has gotten so much attention because it has the most troubling collection of traits yet: It is markedly more transmissible than Alpha, can sicken a large proportion of people who have had only one dose of a vaccine (though not those who have had two), and may even cause more severe disease. All of this is enough to be a warning, especially as Delta is now responsible for 10 percent of U.S. cases and rising. But as with Alpha, which was also suspected to be more severe, how the variant ends up behaving in the real world will depend on more than its biology. It will also depend on how we—the virus’s hosts—choose to behave, how many more people we vaccinate, and, to some extent, how lucky we get.
One of the better articles I've read on the Delta variant. Despite it's increased transmissibility vaccinations may prevent a surge.
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