check the daily deaths graph. Does not really look like Delta is far more deadly.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendsdeaths
It’s important to remember that increases in death are the last to occur. First there is an increase in cases, then an increase in hospitalizations, then an increase in deaths.
We’re mostly at the first stage right now. Daily new cases have jumped from 9,218 (June 20) to 64,317 (July 23) with a severe upward trend. Deaths are starting to trend upward from 99 (July 11) to 424 (July 24), also with an upward trend. We should come back to this conversation in a couple of weeks, when I think the evidence of rapidly increasing deaths will be much clearer.
I don’t see a lot of evidence that Delta is more deadly, but there is a lot of evidence that it is much more contagious. Our country has geographically concentrated pools of unvaccinated people who will facilitate the continued sharp spike in infections.