Posted on 06/25/2021 7:55:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The “delta variant” has come to dominate headlines, having been discovered in India where it provoked an extreme surge in Covid-19 cases before spreading around the world.
But now a mutation of that variant has emerged, called “delta plus,” which is starting to worry global experts.
India has dubbed delta plus a “variant of concern,” and there are fears that it could potentially be more transmissible. In the U.K., Public Health England noted in its last summary that routine scanning of Covid cases in the country (where the delta variant is now responsible for the bulk of new infections) has found almost 40 cases of the newer variant, which has acquired the spike protein mutation K417N, i.e. delta plus.
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What about the Delta Dawn strain?
Honey we are going home when the Omega shows up....
RE: Word from Israelis is that the “variants” are a ploy to cover up vaccine deaths.
Is there an article for this, or is it anecdotal?
They live on top of each other...theres very little social distancing...
Those poor people are sitting ducks...
and then theres the Delta Delta Delta variant...
RE: I would think the current jab will not be any good against this...
Before concluding that a particular vaccine ( or jab in British parlance ) is or is not working against COVID-19 in a country, these are the most important questions we need to ask:
1. Are the people getting sick in Israel ( where the recent outbreak is from the Delta variant) vaccinated or unvaccinated?
This is a real no-brainer. For instance, we know there is a Delta surge in Israel. But if you look closely, unvaccinated people are getting sick at nearly 30 times higher rates than vaccinated. I’m not sure if you can blame the vaccines.
2. What is the denominator?
There was an inflammatory article about Indonesian healthcare workers getting sick after a Sinovac jab with “dozens” getting hospitalized. What it leaves out is that over 5000 healthcare workers were vaccinated in that place. Were they all exposed? How many unvaccinated people got sick? What is “dozens?” Very sloppy work. If it is true that 5000 were exposed but 350 got sick, then that’s still over 90% effectiveness.
3. What is the vaccination rate in the country?
An article from a usually reliable publication had a headline saying that cases were surging in countries that had used the Chinese vaccine. Well there are surges in the UK, US, India, even Israel where they don’t use Chinese vaccines.
Going back to item 1, how many of those who got sick were actually vaccinated and fully vaccinated? Were there many deaths among those vaccinated?
Before concluding that a particular vaccine ( or vaccines in general ) is or is not working against COVID-19 in a country, the above are the most important questions we need to ask. Have they been answered satisfactorily?
Wait until Delta plus plus plus comes out....
Israel is reporting over 50% of it’s Delta Covid infections are in already immunized individuals.
What about the Delta Dawn strain?
Glen Campbell was never the same after he was infected.
and yet our CDC is saying that the vax is good against Delta...
RE: Israel is reporting over 50% of it’s Delta Covid infections are in already immunized individuals.
Do you have a link for this information? Thanks.
Another Wuhan “leak”???
We have covid19, covid plus, covid plus plus. I wonder what comes next? /s
I doubt I would trust Pfizer at this point. Israel all got the Pfizer forced on them.
Wake me when they get to the double Omega plus variant.....
“Do you have a link for this information? Thanks.”
Devil’s in the details.
And more lockdowns and more local businesses having to close up.
What’s next, closing down grocery stores?
fauci said we’d need a ‘booster’ come fall...
He knows...I hate that little weasel, but he knows and is responsible.
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