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| Covid-19 Delta Variant: What The CDC Is Sharing. |
| 2021-08-11 |
| CDC States: The Covid-19 Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than early forms of SARS-CoV-2. The Delta variant is more contagious than previous strains. The CDC states Fully vaccinated people with breakthrough infections, can transmit the Delta variant to others. SIDE NOTE: Recent deeper studies vaccine effectiveness due to the increased number of vaccinated person infections. Show much a higher breakthrough infection percentage. eg. Additional data from the U.K. suggests the Pfizer vaccine, that was 95% effective against earlier strains of Covid-19, is only about 88% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 Delta variant after two doses, a 12% GAP. |
| Posted by:NN2N1 |
| #9 All that and only a 99%+ chance of surviving if you’re not old, fat & already sick. |
| Posted by: Ding 2021-08-11 20:45 |
| #8 Oopsie! Thanks for the clarification, NN2N1. I was worried I had contracted a rare variant of the Kung Flu that prevented me from doing basic math, kinda like the vanilla virus messes with your sense of smell. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-11 18:03 |
| #7 My boo boo everyone .. I was trimming the eg. for fit. As we know the vax was never 100% effective. Initially it was found to be 95%, a 5% effective gap. Now with the Covid-19 Delta variant the data is showing the vax is 88% effective, a 12% gap. My wording mistake and I own up to it. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-08-11 15:14 |
| #6 Am I reading this wrong? 95 - 88 is 7 not 12. Public skool maffs, you raycis! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-08-11 12:05 |
| #5 "Another roadside attraction" Better that than another Roadside Picnic! The Covid-19 Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than early forms of SARS-CoV-2. The Delta variant is more contagious than previous strains. No need to repeat yourself there, CDC. Maybe you could get your Diversity Officer to proofread your work. I understand she is an English major. And isn't this pretty much what we would predict a disease-causing virus does over time? Additional data from the U.K. suggests the Pfizer vaccine, that was 95% effective against earlier strains of Covid-19, is only about 88% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 Delta variant after two doses, a 12% GAP. Am I reading this wrong? 95 - 88 is 7 not 12. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-11 11:33 |
| #4 Get ready for new variants. One crisis after another. Spanish flu lasted eight years, OH joy. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-08-11 11:28 |
| #3 Delta variant has already peaked in India and Brazil with daily infections and fatalities down a lot, e.g. in India in May daily infections averaged 400k but now it is down to about 40k; daily fatalities were at 4k, now down to about 600 |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-08-11 11:22 |
| #2 "Another roadside attraction" |
| Posted by: bman 2021-08-11 11:17 |
| #1 As Tom Robbins' newscaster said in "Even Cowgirls get the Blues." The situaion is the same as always, desperate as usual... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-11 08:45 |