You have to do this to protect yourself from Delta, even if you are vaccinated
A new study found that vaccination itself may not be enough for protection against variants.
While many of us may have thought that we were in the clear,The Delta variant has changed the game for the pandemic of Covid. Following the rapid propagation variant, COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths occur in US vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself from virus and any new variant, but generalized reports of revolutionary cases. - The vast majority of which are light - are a good reminder that shots are not 100% effective. Now, new research has strengthened that vaccination alone may not be enough to protect yourself from Delta and other variants.
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A study published on July 30 inScientific reports Mathematical models used to predict the probability of coronavirusspread and change more. The researchers found that, although a rapid vaccination rate decreases the possibility of changing and evolving the virus, it may not be sufficient if other restrictions were lifted. In fact, researchers say increased vaccinations alongside COVID precautions raised could actually result in more resistant vaccine variants.
"When a relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions occurred at a time when most individuals in the population have already been vaccinated, the likelihood of emergence of a resistant strain has been considerably increased," said the authors. of the study.
According to the study, non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as masks and social distancing, must always be in place for people - including those already vaccinated - to remain protected against the Delta variant and other emerging variants " along the vaccination period ".
"When most people are vaccinated, the vaccine-resistant strain has an advantageon the original strain, "Co-study authorSimon Renella, with the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria explained, by CNN. "This means that the vaccine-resistant strain is spreading in the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated."
But according to Rella, "it is possible to remove the resistant mutations with the vaccine of the population", if these precautions of COVID are maintained.
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The study supports a recent decision of disease control and prevention centers (CDC), in which the AgencyInverted Mask Guide For some people vaccinated on July 27th. The CDC says that people vaccinated in the United States should come back to wear masks in areas where there are more than 50 new infections per 100,000 per week.
Renovated guidelines can not go far enough. AInternal CDC document disclosed, published byThe Washington Post On July 29 says that "given a higher transmissibility coverage and current vaccine coverage, universal masking is essential for reducing the transmission of the Delta variant".
The study inScientific reports would agree. "The individual who is already vaccinated and puts in place a mask should not think that it is useless, but should think there is a strain resistant to the vaccine", "co-author studyFyodor Kondrashov, PhD, also with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, said. "By preventing the propagation of vaccine-resistant strains, you prevent the evolution of this virus."
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