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Showing Original Post only (View all)CDC says that the Delta variant is now the dominant one in the US [View all]
According to a report on NPR news tonight, the CDC says that the Delta variant of covid-19 now accounts for 51.7% of all new covid infections in the US, making it the dominant strain as it replaces the Alpha strain.
That didn't take long.
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The Delta variant is becoming dominant all over the place because it is so contagious.
Ms. Toad
Jul 2021
#5
This is so horrifying to me. My husband and I are both vaccinated, but he's an
liberal_mama
Jul 2021
#9
The variants that mutate to become more infectious push aside earlier viruses.
Blue_true
Jul 2021
#12
Lambda originated in Peru. It's not the same sequence as Delta plus, which is a variant of the
GPV
Jul 2021
#19
Yes. From a somewhat dispassionate standpoint, it will be interesting to see how
Blue_true
Jul 2021
#17
You hit on my concern, the virus variants will make the current batch of vaccines
Blue_true
Jul 2021
#27