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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
CDC director says she expects the Indian 'Delta' variant to become dominant in the US in 'one or two months' as the number of people infected with strain in the UK rises by 80% in a week
2021-06-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said on Friday she expects the Indian 'Delta' coronavirus variant, B.1.617.2, to become dominant in the U.S.

  • She noted that the Alpha 'Kent' variant took between one or two months to become the most prevalent strain in America and believes the same situation will occur with B.1.617.2

  • As of Friday, the strain makes up 10% of all cases in the U.S., which is nearly double from the 6% of cases it accounted for last week

  • Walensky urged Americans to get vaccinated, noting that studies have found two doses of COVID-19 vaccines offer protection against the Delta variant

  • In the UK, the variant now accounts for 99% of cases, and the amount of people infected increased from 42,000 to 76,000 in a week - an 80% jump

  • Last week, 383 Britons were hospitalized with the mutant strain, which rose to 806 this week, and variant deaths rose from 42 to 73
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  So what do the real experts say?

Pay Day is on the 1st.

This 'variant', all the 'variants', are old enough to be named, talked about, considered racist, and re-named. They have been around the world ten times now. We have already suffered 'the variants' and didn't notice in a macro sense.

"One or Two Months"

Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-19 14:02  

#5  As of Friday, the strain makes up 10% of all cases in the U.S., which is nearly double from the 6% of cases it accounted for last week

Meanwhile, the number of new cases in the U.S. are down 50% from last week (my tabulation from John Hopkins numbers).

Math trumps (sorry) hysterical journalists.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-06-19 13:44  

#4  So what do the real experts say?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-06-19 13:22  

#3  Just in time for school, eh?

Drop it already.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-19 13:21  

#2  From Skidmark’s link:

During his remarks he said that 65 per cent of Americans have now gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

After 300 million doses given, I think we’ll be ok.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-06-19 12:33  

#1  Biden warns unvaccinated Americans to 'act now' against the 'deadlier' Indian Delta variant that's 'more easily transmissible' but appears to RULE out any more lockdowns
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-19 09:36  

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