3x vaxxed guy wrote:
troll_69 wrote:
Because:
1) Delta is significantly more contagious than its already highly transmissible predecessor, Alpha
2) in the US, particularly southern states, there are large numbers of people who remain unvaccinated, which provides fuel for each wave of Delta to do considerable damage
3) Since the delta variant is more transmissible, a previous given level of vaccination or immunity will not be enough to stop outbreaks from happening. Combine this with 2), and that’s how you are surging hospitalizations and deaths even till now
So this BS never going to end? Because that’s what it seems like.
We are moving from pandemic toward endemic. That means COVID will be with us forever, but with vaccines and treatments (a 5 day course is likely to be approved in January) will make it manageable like so many other viruses.