CNBC: Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, CDC director says
* The delta Covid variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases seen by experts.
* Currently, the more infectious strain makes up more than 83% of sequenced cases in the U.S.
* 97% of people admitted to hospitals with Covid symptoms are unvaccinated.
The delta Covid variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases ever seen by scientists, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The variant is highly contagious, largely because people infected with the delta strain can carry up to 1,000 times more virus in their nasal passages than those infected with the original strain, according to new data.
“The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters at a briefing Thursday.
“It is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of, and that I have seen in my 20-year career.”
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Update #1: C.D.C. Director Warns U.S. at ‘Another Pivotal Point’ in Pandemic (New York Times)
Update #2: US in ‘another pivotal moment’ as Delta variant drives surge in Covid cases (The Guardian)
WNU Editor: This is a nasty variant.
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seems like a repeat to further the gains against the free human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EsCIjvrSw
Ron
ashington (CNN)Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday called out "the unvaccinated folks" for the rise in Covid-19 cases in her state, a remarkable plea at a time when many GOP leaders are refusing to urge people to get vaccinated even as Covid-19 cases surge in many parts of the country.
"Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down," Ivey told reporters in Birmingham.
Alabama is the least vaccinated state in the country, with roughly 33.9% of residents fully vaccinated, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Average daily Covid-19 cases in Alabama are nearly double what they were a week ago, and more than four times higher than they were two weeks ago.
Asked by reporters Thursday about plans to issue a mask mandate or other restrictions now that Covid cases are starting to rise again in her state, Ivey replied, "The new cases of Covid are because of unvaccinated folks. Almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with unvaccinated folks."
thanks for your CNN/government narrative article. I would love to see any of the gubment experts, politicians or media jerks do an open debate with this guy....... https://www.brighteon.com/a569c7c9-9572-47ed-ba3c-130b0c13aa55
its long but packed full of facts and reason.
here is a tip, they won't debate him they will exclude and censor him.
still unafraid of life
Ron
Noun
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BTW nutbag, just where is ashington?
"Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashington
Why would you post anything with a dateline of an obscure town in Northumberland?
In Republican-controlled states across the nation, governors and lawmakers have been passing measures to all but discourage people from getting vaccinated. In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning vaccine passports, insisting that “your personal choice regarding vaccinations will be protected and no business or government entity will be able to deny you services based on your decision.”
On July 21, Florida saw its highest number of infections since January.
Also in May, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an order prohibiting state agencies, schools, and colleges from requiring vaccination. Now health experts in his state are calling on him to reissue a state of emergency amid a surge of COVID infections and hospitalizations.
In the House of Representatives, meanwhile, almost half of Republican members refuse to say whether they have been vaccinated, according to a new CNN survey, and many of them insist it’s not their responsibility to encourage their constituents to get vaccinated.
Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently got herself suspended from Twitter for spreading lies about the disease, has insisted people should not get vaccinated.
Louisiana’s Steve Scalise, the second-ranking Republican in the House, only received his first shot on July 18, after saying for months that he would get it “soon.”
In the Senate, Kentucky’s Rand Paul has outright refused to get vaccinated and two more senators refuse to say whether they’ve gotten a shot.
"I don't feel like it is my job to encourage people to do something that they don't want to do," North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer said.
Democrats in Congress, meanwhile, reached 100% vaccination months ago.
That stark difference — between Democratic lawmakers who've been vaccinated and Republican lawmakers who haven’t — is reflected throughout the country as well.
A recent Washington Post/ABC poll found that 86% of Democrats have received at least one shot, exceeding the goal Biden set for the country. The holdup, however, is Republicans, only 45% of whom say they have received at least one dose.
Even more discouraging, 47% of Republicans say they’re unlikely to ever get vaccinated. That’s compared with just 6% of Democrats who say the same.
Vaccination rates are also lower in Republican-run states. With so many prominent GOP leaders telling people it isn’t necessary to get vaccinated — that it’s a matter of “personal choice” — that’s hardly surprising. And that's why, almost three weeks after Biden's Independence Day target, we're still short of the goal he set.
Now, as vaccination rates slow and infection rates — and hospitalization rates — go up, achieving herd immunity in the United States seems as distant as ever. The safety restrictions that so many of us thought we could leave behind are returning.
10:36 = 12:11 = You know who
no.who
are you the site's sgt at arms?
12:27
you are turning into every guy's ex wife
I call them like I see them.
I see in your post that you do not deny 10:36 = 12:11
Word to the wise boffo troll. The uber liberal magazine "The Nation" turned on Lord Fauci. Sucker is on his way out.
Do you know from experience? Are you the one with an ex? If true, does it say more about you than your ex.
With you it's not hard to see a loser at all. Speaking of exes have you called lately, remember?
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