The delta Covid variant now accounts for 10 percent of new U.S. cases

The change in classification"is based on mounting evidence that the Delta variant spreads more easily and causes more severe cases when compared to other variants, including B.1.1.7 ," the CDC said in a statement to NBC News. The alpha variant was first detected in the United Kingdom, and in April, itData for the two-week period ending June 5 predicts that the delta variant accounts for 9.9 percent of cases in the U.S., the CDC said.

Experts who track viral activity weren't surprised by the increase in the proportion of delta cases in the U.S. "Because [delta] has an advantage in terms of transmissibility, it takes over," said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director of ICAP at Columbia University and professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in New York City."It's just a matter of time."

The vaccines available in the U.S. are effective against the delta variant, as well as other circulating variants. Two doses are required for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires just one.

To increase vaccination rates, each state (& news media outlets) need to start reporting UNVACCINATED persons. Thus, if statistics show that only the unvaccinated are now being hospitalized/dying, shouldn’t that be sufficient motivation to get vaccinated?

So WHAT! As long as America is opening up....

Delta, UK, South African, nobody cares anymore. It’s over

Is the data shown by nbc news really correct? Isn't it forged?

Keep wearing masks. Keep telling those you care for to get vaccinated.

In(D)ia variant

Fully vaccinated but folk ask me WHY I’m still DOUBLE MASKED in public. WE will see EVERY GREEK sorority/fraternity VARIANT ..from ALPHA to OMEGA ..or is it ZETA PHI ….WHATEVER. THEY are coming ….

B.s.

Honestly, there's nothing wrong with not getting vaccinated. Why? Because people who got the shot have still gotten the virus. There's no real protection at all and you're all just trying to make yourselves look good.

delta variant is spreading 👀

🦠

Was bound to happen. Flights from India kept flowing into U.S. well beyond the initial phase of the second wave there.

Interesting.

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