PBS: Coronavirus Delta variant 'may hit us pretty hard' this fall. [View all]

[BlueWavePsych]

And we are beginning to see this pattern play out in hospitals and in states, where there are younger people coming in the hospital. And, in many cases, they are unvaccinated. And, of course, they thought they were fine. But they are not.

But when I talk to colleagues around the country, and they say, who am I seeing in the hospital in the intensive care unit, it increasingly is folks that did not get vaccinated or have only gotten their first shot.

So, that is a warning sign that, if you're not vaccinated, you may be lulled because you see the case rates going down and you say, look, I don't have to worry about anything. But, in fact, you do. The case rates are going down because the vaccinated people are not getting infected. You are no better protected than you were in January 2020.

And, actually, you're less protected, because the virus is better at its job than it was in January 2020. So, those of us who take care of patients, just — we plead for people to get vaccinated. Please stop waiting. This is the time, particularly if the Delta variant is going to hit us. It will hit us in the fall. And it's — it may hit us pretty hard.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/coronavirus-delta-variant-may-hit-us-pretty-hard-this-fall-heres-what-you-need-to-know

We can't do anything about the anti-vaxxers and hesitant Repukes, so let them go extinct. If you haven't yet, get fully vaccinated.