delta variant
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Started by metmike - July 4, 2021, 12:34 a.m.

What experts know so far about the delta variant

 

The variant is rapidly outcompeting other versions of the coronavirus around the world

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-delta-variant-transmission-vaccines

Delta poses the biggest threat to unvaccinated people, the latest studies suggest. In the United States, delta is responsible for an estimated 26.1 percent of cases across the country. Its prevalence is doubling every two weeks. Narrowing in on regions that include states with low vaccination rates like Missouri and Wyoming reveals that delta is already causing the majority of infections in some places. On July 1, the Biden administration announced that teams of experts equipped with testing supplies and therapeutics would be sent to U.S. hot spots to control outbreaks of delta.

 

The concern is even greater globally. Just 23.4 percent of people around the world have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, most of whom reside in wealthy countries. Less than 1 percent of people in lower-income countries have gotten a shot.

 

As the delta variant takes center stage amid the pandemic, here’s what researchers know so far.

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By metmike - July 4, 2021, 12:34 a.m.
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By mcfarmer - July 4, 2021, 4:50 p.m.
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The longer we let this virus go unabated the greater the chance it has to morph into something much more deadly.

The unvaccinated are putting everyone at risk. Not only first world countries we should also be going full tilt at vaccinating the less developed countries.

By metmike - July 4, 2021, 5:29 p.m.
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Absolutely, 100% scientifically true mcfarmer!!


And even if there was no variant................it's common sense to get vaccinated to protect yourself and those you come in contact with.

The vaccine is only something like 95% protective.  You can still get COVID after being vaccinated(usually its much less severe) and if you have COVID, you can give it to somebody else...........unknowingly. 

The chance of dying from COVID was something like 10,000 times higher than from dying from the vaccine.

Although chances of dying from COVID have been plunging much lower this year............exactly because of the vaccine.



By metmike - July 4, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
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Safety of vaccines:

Vaccines, how do they work/why are people skeptical?            

                            Started by metmike - Dec. 20, 2020, 11:55 p.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/63066/