{"id":294262,"date":"2021-07-08T21:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-delta-variant-is-actually-less-dangerous\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T21:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:53:21","slug":"the-delta-variant-is-actually-less-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-delta-variant-is-actually-less-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Delta variant is actually less dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Delta variant is actually less dangerous<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, the Delta variant became America\u2019s dominant COVID strain. Yet it\u2019s no cause for panic: The numbers \u2014\u00a0especially in Britain, which Delta hit hard \u2014 show it causes far fewer <\/em>hospitalizations and deaths, while vaccines remain highly effective against it.<\/p>\n

Most media<\/a> hype the fear: \u201cAmericans should be more concerned about the Delta variant,\u201d a Forbes piece declares. \u201cScientists have good reasons to sound the alarm,\u201d New York magazine insists. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to understand how worried to be,\u201d a CNN analysis claims.<\/p>\n

No, actually, the numbers are clear. Yes, Delta, first found in India, does app<\/a>ear more contagious than the Alpha variant first found in Britain \u2014\u00a0about 50 percent more transmissible, which is why it\u2019s outpaced Alpha there. <\/p>\n

Rising cases even prompted Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay the end of restrictions. But the huge case spike didn\u2019t <\/em>lead to similar hospitalization or death spikes, so Britain\u2019s back on track to lift regulations July 19.<\/p>\n

The seven-day average of new UK cases<\/a> is above 25,000, the highest since late January, when the weekly average had just dropped from a peak of 50,000. But only 2,000 COVID cases are hospitalized, vs. nearly 40,000 in January. Daily deaths average under 20, vs. more than 1,000 in January.<\/p>\n

Similarly: Israel, despite a spike in Delta cases, is seeing deaths in the single digits over the last month.<\/p>\n

In other words, Delta looks to be less <\/em>lethal than previous variants, despite media scare stories.<\/p>\n

This makes sound scientific sense: Evolution favors variants that are more contagious \u2014 but also <\/em>ones that are less deadly because killing the host reduces the chances for spread.<\/p>\n

And the vaccines still work well. Public Health England found Pfizer\u2019s vax was 96 percent effective at preventing hospitalization from the Delta variant. An Israeli study found it was 94 percent effective at preventing severe illness. <\/p>\n

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Yes, Australia extended a two-week lockdown into three in the face of its Delta spike. But its vaccination rate isn\u2019t even 10 percent. While America didn\u2019t meet President Biden\u2019s goal of 70 percent of adults with at least one shot by July 4, we\u2019ll be there any day now.<\/p>\n

US cases are rising mainly in areas lax with the vax. States with below-average jab rates have trip<\/a>le the number of new cases compared with above-average states. Arkansas has five times the national average of new cases \u2014\u00a0because not even 35 percent of its residents are fully vaccinated, vs. nearly 60 percent nationwide.<\/p>\n

And while Delta caused a 10 percent rise in daily US cases late last month, COVID hospital admissions actually dropped.<\/p>\n

Overcautious health bureaucrats miss the forest for the trees: Dr. Anthony Fauci is now urging even the vaccinated to still mask in areas of high transmission. Los Angeles County wants everyone to mask up again indoors, following the World Health Organization\u2019s recommendation. Worse, education officials across the country are questioning school reopening plans as Delta cases rise.<\/p>\n

Wrong: The only <\/em>rational response is to work harder to get the holdouts jabbed. Biden announced Tuesday<\/a> he\u2019ll send \u201cCOVID-19 Surge Response teams\u201d to get more shots to primary-care doctors and pediatricians, expand mobile clinics and even go door to door. That\u2019s the smart way to keep the country on the road to normalcy, even as the fearmongers try to hold us back.\n <\/div>\n

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