Delta Variant: What You Need to Know

In recent months, the Delta variant has been linked to a resurgence of COVID infections and is on track to become the dominant variant worldwide. But what exactly sets this so-called super spreader variant apart from all the rest?

There's been a lot of potential variants of concern that have sprouted up around the world. And a lot of this is due to the fact that viruses mutate, that's what they do. But the big question is:

Are these mutations resulting in the virus being more problematic? So far, four of these have been identified as “variants of concern” by the World Health Organization: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, which is the most recent addition to the list.

Together, these variants are shown to be either more contagious, more deadly, or more resistant to current treatments. But of the four, Delta is especially concerning. According to the WHO, it’s the “fastest and fittest” variant yet.

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Hopeful News on Delta
"After the Alpha variant began spreading late last year, many people assumed that it was both more contagious and more severe. The data soon told a different story, though: Alpha seems to be only more contagious. Now the story may be repeating itself with Delta."

"COVID-19-related hospitalizations — the original catalyst for the public health emergency in the United States — are increasingly being decoupled from case rates."

Rich countries cornered COVID-19 vaccine doses. Four strategies to right a ‘scandalous inequity’
"Today, some rich countries are vaccinating children as young as 12 years old, who are at extremely low risk of developing severe COVID-19, while poorer countries don’t even have enough shots for health care workers. Nearly 85% of the COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date have gone to people in high-income and upper middle–income countries."
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[Master_Therion]

My cousin caught the Delta Variant from a flight she took last week.
I told her to use Southwest Airlines, but she flew on Delta.

[killua]

Pfizer just bought it it was developed by biontech

[alternativewalls]

Sigma variant will make you go to a gym

[kaycarter]

Variant you say ? Don’t worry, leave it to the TVA 😌

[dentnadz]

TVA will catch this variant unless it escaped and hid in apocalypses 💔

[kupo]

what about ppl that died from vaccine and basically ignored?

[jennettesaxberg]

I’m in sydney and delta is being a pain.

[nickbeakburg]

What ever happened to the Lambda variant? That was my favorite one..

[nekomimi-kun]

Just you wait! Omega variant will end the world.

[TheSolarScience]

Delta Variant has taken out ad? This is the first time I have seen a virus be so proactive with it's image. I wonder if other diseases will do the same.

[stevenlewisking]

My invention/idea for treatment of symptoms is to do a breathing treatment of methamphetamines.

[janeikawebb]

Am I the only one who finds the mild background music distracting and bothersome ?

[diarandor]

This will fix the overpopulation problem.

[Nabraska]

Coke ads used to be on the tv 24/7 now it’s get your vax adds.. I hate ads .

[Callumdevan]

More transmissible but less dangerous strain unlike the others, they are trying to make this variant more lethal than it actually is.

[sike]

2:17 is there any animations like that?

[dopplesoddner]

Then lambda then omega then tau then pi then thita

[DaanBrandt]

I liked it better when variants were called after countries. So much more people looking into all these different countries learning. Now they just look up what comes after Delta in the Greek alphabet.

[matthewswartz]

I call it the Fauci variant. The next variant should be called the Bill Gates variant. and then Klaus Schwab variant, and so on.

[rtyertrt]

We will get through this mankind is more resilient then the virus