More details have already been leaked in American media: the much more contagious deltavariant would be as contagious as the chickenpox, and also more likely to cause serious infections. And there’s more: according to the study, vaccinated people might even spread the delta variant as quickly as unvaccinated people.
CDC director Rochelle Walensky confirmed to US media that the slide is correct: “This is serious. It is one of the most transmissible viruses we know,” she told CNN. Experts describe it this way: “The war has changed.” We are now fighting another enemy. The CDC itself is expected to release an announcement later today.
Not only the Americans, by the way, we too: “The delta variant was already good for last week 89 percent in Belgium“, virologist Johan Neyts (KU Leuven) tells VRT NWS. “It is quickly gaining the upper hand and will soon be around 100 percent.”
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