The new COVID-19 variant first identified in India, the Delta variant, which now makes up 6% of all covid infections in the U.S., has still some unknowns but depending on how the variant characteristics turn out, could cause yet another major wave, maybe in Fall/Winter 2021, especially in unvaxed regions, and possibly be vaccine resistant (still under research)
Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 453
1/ I know everybody’s sick of playing 3-dimensional Covid chess. Sorry, but the Delta variant forces us back to the chess board. Ergo, this 🧵.
If you’re fully vaxxed, I wouldn’t be too worried, especially if you’re in a highly vaxxed region.— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) June 13, 2021
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