Posted on 07/21/2021 10:47:10 PM PDT by Tipllub
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The highly-contagious Delta variant is pushing back the state's timeline to reach herd immunity, according to doctors at UCSF.
"I think it's going to get worse before it gets better," said UCSF Epidemiologist Dr. George Rutherford.
Dr. Bob Wachter, the chair of UCSF's Department of Medicine, tweeted out Tuesday the "#Delta variant has changed what it'll take to reach herd immunity" - adding we need more vaccinations and mask-wearing.
Rutherford predicts the state won't reach herd immunity for at least several months as case rates and hospitalizations are climbing rapidly across California.
"I'm guessing we have to be in the mid-80th percentile and that's not of people eligible for the vaccine, that's everybody, including children," he said.
According to ABC7's vaccine tracker, 53 percent of the state's total population is fully vaccinated.
San Francisco County is at 69 percent fully vaccinated - one of the highest rates in the country. Yet, COVID cases are climbing at a pace health officials haven't seen since the onset of the city's last surge.
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The list of excuses for the fact that the poisons labeled COVID vaccines do not prevent contracting and transmitting the disease is long and inane.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.
Delta dawn, what’s that vaccine you’ve got on?
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