When is the Delta variant supposed to hit?

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I’m sure it already has, but it seems the vaccines protect against it. In Ontario our overall case numbers are very low now, but Delta makes up a large chunk of them.

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I am sure it’s here, we just do a very poor job at sequencing.

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure it’s here, we just do a very poor job at sequencing.

Here you go, you can even filter by region! https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

It's a nearly a month out of date though. In the last week I've heard B.1.617.2 (Delta) makes up about 25% of current cases in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people fearmongering about the Delta variant? The majority of people in the US have received the mRNA vaccines which are very effective against this mutant. Do people want to stay locked down forever?

I’m not that worried but it isn’t true the majority of people have gotten the vaccine. I think it’s like 40%.

We can’t worry about rural Missouri and fewer people than DC Wyoming and the like forever.

The populous economic engines of the country, aside from those under 12, are highly vaccinated.

“Populous economic engines”? Someone is full of themselves!

NP. Do you dispute the assertion that our cities are generally the engine of our economy? If you are just annoyed that the poster threw in something not relevant to the conversation, ok - I can see your point.

What’s not relevant? The pandemic doesn’t have economic implications?

Just a backdoor slap at “flyover country” is all it is. It is so transparent.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people fearmongering about the Delta variant? The majority of people in the US have received the mRNA vaccines which are very effective against this mutant. Do people want to stay locked down forever?

I’m not that worried but it isn’t true the majority of people have gotten the vaccine. I think it’s like 40%.

We can’t worry about rural Missouri and fewer people than DC Wyoming and the like forever.

The populous economic engines of the country, aside from those under 12, are highly vaccinated.

“Populous economic engines”? Someone is full of themselves!

NP. Do you dispute the assertion that our cities are generally the engine of our economy? If you are just annoyed that the poster threw in something not relevant to the conversation, ok - I can see your point.

What’s not relevant? The pandemic doesn’t have economic implications?

Just a backdoor slap at “flyover country” is all it is. It is so transparent.

DP. A totally deserved slap if they refuse to get vaccinated and keep the pandemic going.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people fearmongering about the Delta variant? The majority of people in the US have received the mRNA vaccines which are very effective against this mutant. Do people want to stay locked down forever?

Many of our kids are not eligible to be vaccinated and there are breakthrough cases.

Kids aren't at meaningful risk from covid, not even the new variants.

If covid had the same effect on the population as a whole as it does on kids (i.e., mild or no symptoms in the vast, vast majority of cases) we never would have shut down anything, or imposed any restrictions, or even bothered to develop a vaccine.

It's not even evident that kids under the age of 12 (unless they're high risk) should even get the vaccine, if you do an objective risk/benefit analysis.

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I’m very worried about the Theta Iota Gamma variant

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people fearmongering about the Delta variant? The majority of people in the US have received the mRNA vaccines which are very effective against this mutant. Do people want to stay locked down forever?

Many of our kids are not eligible to be vaccinated and there are breakthrough cases.

Kids aren't at meaningful risk from covid, not even the new variants.

If covid had the same effect on the population as a whole as it does on kids (i.e., mild or no symptoms in the vast, vast majority of cases) we never would have shut down anything, or imposed any restrictions, or even bothered to develop a vaccine.

It's not even evident that kids under the age of 12 (unless they're high risk) should even get the vaccine, if you do an objective risk/benefit analysis.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very worried about the Theta Iota Gamma variant

How about the Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Zi, Omicrom, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, or Omega variants! Those are gonna be bad!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very worried about the Theta Iota Gamma variant

How about the Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Zi, Omicrom, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, or Omega variants! Those are gonna be bad!

Why am I thinking about National Lampoon's Animal House?

[Anonymous]

Delta variant is much less deadly, so I am looking forward to it taking over the previous strains in US. Look up the data from UK government.

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Anonymous wrote:Delta variant is much less deadly, so I am looking forward to it taking over the previous strains in US. Look up the data from UK government.

+1. It spreads faster, but is much less deadly. Zero people to date have died from the Delta variant in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Delta variant is much less deadly, so I am looking forward to it taking over the previous strains in US. Look up the data from UK government.

+1. It spreads faster, but is much less deadly. Zero people to date have died from the Delta variant in the US.

Which is why the delta gloom and doom is just propaganda baloney. Oh no! The sniffles!

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure it’s here, we just do a very poor job at sequencing.

Here you go, you can even filter by region! https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

It's a nearly a month out of date though. In the last week I've heard B.1.617.2 (Delta) makes up about 25% of current cases in the US.

Click nowcast and it shows data collected from two weeks ago. Delta is already over 50% of cases in middle of the US.

It’s too soon to blanket say delta isn’t as deadly. First you have to account for the lag between getting sick and then dying. But also you have to separate vaccinated folks from unvaccinated folks. Remember, vaccination doesn’t 100% protect against getting Covid, but it does prevent severe illness and death.

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Anonymous wrote:Delta variant is much less deadly, so I am looking forward to it taking over the previous strains in US. Look up the data from UK government.

+1. It spreads faster, but is much less deadly. Zero people to date have died from the Delta variant in the US.

Which is why the delta gloom and doom is just propaganda baloney. Oh no! The sniffles!

I don't know, that's a bit of a strawman, no? Even setting aside the risk of death, whatever it might be, there may be long term effects and complications associated with infection. Not to mention the possibility for future variants to develop that have more break-through potential.