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That weekCDCrecently considered the variant of Delta, first identified in India, a "variant concern", revealing that it quickly becomes the dominant strain ofCOVID-19 [Feminine. Many experts - including Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Drug Administration and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb - fear a new thrust of Covid after months of decreasing infections, hospitalizations and death.F. Perry Wilson, MDYale medicine doctor and Yale School of Medicine researcher, explains why he is also concerned about B.1.617.2. Read to hear what he has to say - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Sure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.

Dr. Wilson explains that there are three important factors to consider when analyzing a new variant. "The first, and really the most important, is the transmissibility," he reveals, noting that "a slight increase in transmission causes exponential increases in the number of cases, due to the infection composition effect - A person leads to more people and leads to more people and so on. "

Unfortunately, "Delta is clearly more transmitted than the original coronavirus strain and seems to be even more transmitted than alpha (B.1.1.7), the British strain of 50% more communicable than the first stump", does it emphasize . "It's a bad news and means we could see a sharp rise in cases. This is already seen in the United Kingdom where the vast majority of new cases are due to Delta."

Dr. Wilson points out that another consideration is a pathogenicity, "or the way the variant hurts you." Although there is still no data yet, "hospitalization rates appear to be higher in the UK with Delta than with other variants, but it does not (yet) rates higher mortality, "he says. "That said, deaths tend to delay then I'm still concerned. And of course, the disease sufficiently serious to demand hospitalization, even if you survive, is not a picnic and can have long-term consequences . "

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The third question is whether the variant can pierce existing immunity ", either in the context of an earlier COVID infection or vaccination", note Dr. Wilson Note, indicating that it can be complicated because different Vaccines have a different protection of different variants.

"That said, the data so far suggest that MRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Modera) offer excellent protection against Delta (Pfizer looks like 88% of symptoms, 95% of hospitalization) which are Stellar numbers ", he points out, adding that there is not as much data on the other vaccines. However, "protection after a single dose of these two-dose vaccines does not seem as strong as for the original virus, which means that we really need people to continue to hide / to distance oneself up to What they are good and truly two weeks from the second dose, "he suggests.

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