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Delta is different. We knew COVID from back last year … What's different about Delta is that it’s more transmissible and it can break through the vaccine where the other variants didn’t do that very much.

The Delta variant, which previously ravaged India and the U.K., now accounts for an estimated 83% of new U.S. coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Furthermore, according to the CDC, those who are fully vaccinated can transmit the Delta variant to others despite all three vaccines being very effective in preventing cases of serious illness and death.

It’s a whole new ballgame again and all of us, we’re getting whiplash from all these rapid changes of information.

Delta variant: 'These deaths are largely preventable... and that's inexcusable,' doctor says

Adriana Belmonte·Senior Editor Wed, August 4, 2021, 9:06 PM

With the 7-day average of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. currently at 350 and rising, public health experts are arguing that recent deaths were largely avoidable due to widespread availability of effective vaccines. “For me as a physician, this is a national tragedy,” University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Dean for Global Health Dr. Michael Saag said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “These deaths are largely preventable, and from a public health perspective, that’s inexcusable that we can be in this country and be experiencing this kind of problem.” Delta variant is 'more transmissible and it can break through the vaccine' Though vaccination numbers in the country have improved as of late, the overall rollout has still been impeded by vaccine hesitancy. About 99.2% of COVID-related deaths since the beginning of 2021 have been among unvaccinated individuals, and the Delta variant is particularly contagious. “I can boil it down this way: Delta is different,” Saag said. “We knew COVID from back last year … What's different about Delta is that it’s more transmissible and it can break through the vaccine where the other variants didn’t do that very much.” The Delta variant, which previously ravaged India and the U.K., now accounts for an estimated 83% of new U.S. coronavirus cases in recent weeks. Furthermore, according to the CDC, those who are fully vaccinated can transmit the Delta variant to others despite all three vaccines being very effective in preventing cases of serious illness and death. “It’s a whole new ballgame again and all of us — doctors, patients, people in public," Saag said, "we’re getting whiplash from all these rapid changes of information." In Alabama cases have increased by +149% over the past two weeks, while hospitalizations have surged 170% over that same time period.

The spike in Alabama is going to look by about Labor Day [to be] two to three times higher in terms of numbers of cases a day than we’ve ever seen in the entire pandemic. Two to three times higher than our worst month which was January of this year.

The contagiousness of Delta variant is especially dangerous for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, the immunocompromised, and the children who are not yet eligible to receive the vaccine.

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