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People who are infected with the highly contagious Delta variant are twice as likely to be hospitalized as those who are infected with the Alpha variant, according to a large new British study.
The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Friday, is an analysis of more than 40,000 coronavirus infections in England. It adds to evidence suggesting that Delta may cause more severe illness than other variants do.
Fewer than 2 percent of the infections occurred in fully vaccinated people, and there was not enough data to draw firm conclusions about hospitalization risks in that group specifically, the researchers said.
The main takeaway is that if you have an unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated population, then an outbreak of Delta can lead to a higher burden on hospitals, on health care, than an Alpha outbreak would, said Anne Presanis, a senior statistician at the University of Cambridge and one of the studys lead authors.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/risk-of-hospitalization-doubles-with-delta-variant-study-finds/ar-AANPd49
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Delta is clearly more dangerous as well as more infectious.
More young people are dying from it.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts).... really stupid risks based off some bullshit
LisaL
(44,974 posts)NT