The Surge Of The New COVID-19 Variant Is ‘Rapidly Increasing’ In The United States
As additional coronavirus limitations are lifted in the United States, scientists are concerned that those who have not been properly vaccinated may contribute to the virus’s spread.
According to the CDC, the Delta variety, which was originally identified in India, now accounts for roughly 10% of coronavirus infections in the United States.
With fears that it may soon become the dominant strain, medical professionals stress the need for complete immunization.
“I’m concerned about people who have not been immunized,” US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told CNN on Tuesday, stressing that the Delta strain “is quickly spreading here in the United States.”
The Delta variation has been designated as a “variant of concern” by the CDC, a classification given to strains of the virus that experts feel are more transmissible or can cause more severe illness.
Murthy told CNN that the Delta form “appears to be considerably more transmissible than even the Alpha version or the UK form, which is currently prominent in the United States.”
“The second reason it’s concerning is that there is some data to indicate that it may in fact also be more dangerous, may cause more severe illness. That still needs to be understood more clearly, but these are two important concerns and they explain in part … why this becomes the dominant variant in the U.K., where over 90% of cases are the Delta variant,” Murthy said.
The great news is that vaccinations against the Delta strain appear to be efficacious.
According to a new study conducted by Public Health England, two doses of a coronavirus vaccination are “very effective against hospitalization” caused by the Delta type. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was shown to be 96 percent effective against hospitalization after two doses, according to the research.
There isn’t enough evidence to determine the effectiveness of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccination against the Delta variant, according to Murthy, but the vaccination has been shown to help reduce illnesses and fatalities when patients are diagnosed with other strains.
“The important is to be vaccinated, and to receive both doses,” Murthy said.
According to the CDC, 43.9 percent of the overall US citizenry was completely immunized as of Tuesday, while 52.6 percent had gotten at least one dose of a vaccine.
According to statistics gathered by Johns Hopkins University, the United States has already surpassed 600,000 deaths since the coronavirus epidemic began. That equates to around one in every 550 persons in the United States dying as a result of the illness.
According to CDC figures released Tuesday, 14 states have met Biden’s target of vaccination 70% of people with at least one shot by July 4.
New York is one of those states, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eliminate all state-mandated Covid-19 limitations.
Limitations on social events, capacity restrictions, social distance, health checks, cleaning and disinfection standards, and contact tracking were abolished in all commercial and social situations. Mask regulations would persist in pre-kindergarten settings, public transportation, and health care settings, according to Cuomo.
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