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appalachiablue

(41,113 posts) Thu Jul 8, 2021, 06:56 PM Jul 2021

CDC Warns of Rapid, Troubling Rise of Delta Variant

- CDC warns of rapid, troubling rise of Delta variant. CDC director Rochelle Walensky said that U.S. COVID-19 cases are up around 11% over last week, as the highly infectious Delta variant becomes the dominant coronavirus strain in the country. July 8, 2021.

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CDC Warns of Rapid, Troubling Rise of Delta Variant (Original Post) appalachiablue Jul 2021 OP

Did I miss the Bravo and Charlie variant. pwb Jul 2021 #1

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, then Delta. It's the Greek alphabet.nt Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #2

O k. My thoughts were military. pwb Jul 2021 #4

they decided to stop using countries of discovery in variant names.... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #5

Yes. Beta was in England. I didn't hear anything about gamma. nt Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #8

WHO Naming Scheme IronLionZion Jul 2021 #3

Sounds like it's mostly a problem in areas with low vaccination rates. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2021 #6

Cases went from... IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2021 #7

pwb

(11,258 posts)

1. Did I miss the Bravo and Charlie variant.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 07:05 PM

Jul 2021

Phoenix61

(16,999 posts)

2. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, then Delta. It's the Greek alphabet.nt

Reply to pwb (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 07:07 PM

Jul 2021

pwb

(11,258 posts)

4. O k. My thoughts were military.

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 07:25 PM

Jul 2021

So did I miss Beta and Gamma?

getagrip_already

(14,680 posts)

5. they decided to stop using countries of discovery in variant names....

Reply to pwb (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 07:37 PM

Jul 2021

The variants that included country names were causing discrimination.

Delta is the former india variant. There are also uk, south africa, and a couple of others. For the most part, the other variants aren't causing the problems delta is causing, so you don't hear about them much.