Delta variant 'faster and better adapted to transmitting' between humans, WHO says

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The delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox, and possibly more dangerous than other strains, according to an internal document from the US Centers of Disease Control.

"Hard-won gains are in jeopardy [of] being lost, and health systems in many countries are being overwhelmed," Mr Tedros told a news conference.

"The vaccines that are currently approved by the WHO all provide significant protection against severe disease and hospitalisation from all the variants, including the Delta variant," said WHO's top emergency expert, Mike Ryan. Maria van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, said the Delta variant was the most easily spread so far, being about 50 per cent more transmissible than ancestral strains of SARS-CoV-2 that first emerged in China in late 2019.

 

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Tell that to NSW😎

I think the headline should read “vaccinated and unvaccinated can catch and transmit delta, but vaccines can reduce harm and death”

Getting VACCINATED NOW will STILL protect you from serious illness and death even if Delta can break through.

I’m selling tickets to hear what all the Karen’s and Greg’s who failed grade 10 science are saying about vaccines that they know fck all about 🤣🤡

Ladies and Gentlemen another no shit Sherlock moment from our ABC.

I'm no Scientific scholar... but I think the rest of us might of worked that out a couple of months ago 🤔

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