Here in USAmerica Inc, we're not likely to achieve Herd Immunity until a year from now.
Currently:
Projected:
Meanwhile, 99.7% of the people getting sick with COVID-19 are not vaccinated.
And 99.5% of the people being killed by COVID-19 are not vaccinated.
New Cases: 510,297 (⬆︎ .27%)New Deaths: 8,118 (⬆︎ .20%)
USA
New Cases: 28,923 (⬆︎ .08%)New Deaths: 307 (⬆︎ .05%)
At the risk of reminded us all of one of the truly horrific pop tunes from the 70's (fake lord forgive me) - it's Delta Dawn, everybody! Woohoo!
What you need to know about the highly contagious delta variant
The variant first identified in India last year is now dominant in the United States
The highly transmissible coronavirus variant called delta is present in all 50 states and is already dominant in many parts of the United States.
Modeling shows the variant now accounts for 51.7 percent of all new infections in this country, five times the prevalence four weeks earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the week ending July 3.
“Although we expected the delta variant to become the dominant strain in the United States, this rapid rise is troubling,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Thursday during a White House news briefing.
In some parts of the country, she said, delta is even more widespread. For example, in parts of the Midwest and upper mountain states, including in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa, the CDC’s sequencing of infections suggests the new variant may account for about 80 percent of cases.
The good news, Walensky said, is all three coronavirus vaccines authorized in the United States offer strong protection against severe disease and death from covid-19. Preliminary data from several states over the past several months suggests that 99.5 percent of covid-19-related deaths occurred among unvaccinated people, she said.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- What is the delta variant?
- Why is the delta variant a concern?
- How effective are the vaccines against the variant?
- How will the delta variant affect the United States?
- Do symptoms from delta infections differ from infections from other variants of the coronavirus?
- Will booster shots be needed?
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