[Chode]

double plus UNgood...

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

Trump is being presidential on Fox. Wish he was. (president)

[diplomatic_immunity]

Conveniently the symptoms mimic those of season allergies.

Waiting for someone to mention the Delta Delta Delta strain. It’s on all the campuses!

[montag813]

...that makes it harder for antibodies to block it from entering cells.

That's what the Quercetin and Zinc is for. 🤦

Idiots. Or worse.

[familyop]

New! Improved! From Whammo!

[Thunder90]

Looks like my Delta Skymiles worked. I’ve been upgraded to Delta Plus. With Free Bags, First Class seats, and entrance to the Skyteam Lounge!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Delta Delta Delta, can we help ya help ya help ya???

The Double Delta of the Louisiana Bayou, shaped like a tiny nutria with spikes.

Brought to you by FearP0rnHub, when the fear needs to be epic.

Coronavirus PING!

[blueplum]

“It seems to affect younger people more often. In the United Kingdom, studies showed that children and adults under 50 were 2.5 times more likely to become infected....

[note - are young people infected more because most of the elderly in England are vaccinated? or is another dynamic in play?]

.... Studies suggest it might have almost double the risk of hospitalization than the alpha variant.

In China, doctors say patients with the delta variant are sicker than those they treated early in the pandemic....

[note: does this mean fewer asymptomatics?]

...Reports suggest two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides 79% protection against delta variant infection. It seems to be 88% effective against symptoms if infected.

Two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are 92% successful in stopping hospitalization due to the delta variant. And no deaths have been reported among those vaccinated.

Jun 18:
https://www.webmd.com/lung/covid-19-delta-variant-what-to-know

Someone posted a few days ago that delta was supposed to be milder but WebMD says no? In England, delta is now 90% of all new cases, I think in something like 3 months; in Los Angeles it’s about half of all new cases. First isolated in India, Dec 2020, now in 74 countries. (which is kind of strange considering all the travel restrictions in so many countries but I digress)

The vaccines were modeled to alpha (wuhan) but pharms say they are able to tweek it to account for mutations, like the delta. I guess that’s where boosters come in for those who didn’t receive the latest and greatest version? Or not.

[444Flyer]

Great, now I'll have this song in my head for weeks! The double whammy Delta song.

[ronnie raygun]

delta plus!!! call me when it is delta plus plus plus

[mewzilla]

Ramming speed!

[voicereason]

When the ‘Delta-{insert next version moniker here}’ is identified; then maybe it will be time to worry. How many versions of their flu are there?

[Gritty]

Wow, a new variant that's resistant to the "vaccine". What a coincidence!

I'll bet a Benjamin to a donut Big Pharma has already developed a booster and is cranking up production for billions more of those 'free' Uncle Sam Bucks!

[OKSooner]

Oooh, be very afraid.

Double top secret delta variant.