To be fair, there is an uptick in deaths and hospitalizations and positive tests even though the number of tests being performed is way down. So there is some sort of wave forming.
What they are not talking about are the numbers of vaccinated adults who are getting breakthrough infections. They just cite the data to scaremonger those who chose to forego these vaccines and ignore the rest of the story.
RE: To be fair, there is an uptick in deaths and hospitalizations and positive tests even though the number of tests being performed is way down
I ask the question because I want to know how serious this variant is compared to the original that cause our nationwide lockdown.
Based on what you are telling me ( again IF TRUE ).
1) Delta is MORE TRANSMISSIVE than the original.
2) The lethality and seriousness is comparable to the original ( I don’t know what you mean by uptick, how HIGH is the hospitalization uptick, how high is the death uptick? Is it as serious as the original enough to justify lockdowns? I ask because the Aussies are doing it even as we speak )
3) Delta seems to be able to penetrate the immune defenses of even those vaccinated.
How can we call this scaremongering when by your description ( again IF TRUE ), it looks more serious and infectious than the original?