Comments on: Delta Variant And It’s Deadly Consequences

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:14:15 +0000

[Have we removed our masks and returned to normal far too soon?] – DJ

As a nation? Yes. However, on a personal basis, I haven’t stopped wearing my mask.

[Could the Delta Variant turn the clock back on the coronavirus and cripple or completely shut down the country once again due to a rapid spread among the unvaccinated? Or, will the Delta Variant simply go quietly into the night as so many COVID strains have done before it? ] – DJ

I think it could possibly cripple our country to a degree. But Biden won’t shut Us down again because he knows his efforts will fail. Corporate America would fight him with a vengeance. And most Americans have shown they simply cannot handle that kind of restriction.

Which sadly means that more Americans will die needlessly BEFORE this virus is truly brought under real control.

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:53:12 +0000

I was trying to start taking my mask off places. But this makes me think I should probably keep wearing it a little longer.

By: Wil

Wil — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:10:56 +0000

New York Times:

The spread of the Delta variant in relatively unvaccinated parts of the U.S. is getting worse.

Nationwide, the number of new Covid-19 cases is holding steady. But that steadiness hides two dueling realities, in two different Americas.

In many urban and suburban communities, Covid continues to plummet. The rate of new daily cases has fallen below three per 100,000 residents in large cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington. As a point of comparison, the national rate of new daily cases peaked last winter above 75 per 100,000 people.

But in less populated areas — which tend to be more politically conservative and skeptical of vaccines — the virus is now surging, largely from the contagious Delta variant. The states with the worst outbreaks are Arkansas and Missouri (each with more than 16 new daily cases per 100,000 people) followed by Florida (10), Nevada (10), Wyoming (nine) and Utah (eight).

If these outbreaks were concentrated among younger people, it would be less worrisome, because Covid, including the Delta variant, is overwhelmingly mild for children and young adults. Yet even many middle-aged and older adults are not vaccinated in parts of the U.S. They are catching the virus as a result, and some are dying.