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wnylib

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4. The large numbers of infected people

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:57 PM

Jul 2021

become like petri dishes for the development of new strains. Viruses mutate constantly. It's their nature. Most mutations don't amount to much. But some of them make the virus more contagious, or more serious, or both.

When a mutation is more contagious, it doesn't take many people to spread it to new places. One person can infect several people, who in turn infect several more.

I heard an infectious disease expert say that restricting travel only delays spread but does not prevent it. Places can't stay isolated forever. Sooner or later, an infected person will carry it to another location. Ships carrying imports and exports, trains and their crews transporting goods, truck drivers delivering food and household items. Contagion will happen.

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CDC says that the Delta variant is now the dominant one in the US [View all] wnylib Jul 2021 OP

It was doubling every 8 days a couple of weeks ago. nt Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #1

Ty for posting, Wyn SheltieLover Jul 2021 #2

I keep on wondering at how the variants keep on being dominant. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #3

The large numbers of infected people wnylib Jul 2021 #4

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

He's wrong - but all you can do is try to protect yourself. Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #10

My husband is doing the same thing Tree Lady Jul 2021 #15

Depends where one is in CA. I'm on the moonscape Jul 2021 #28

Have you considered moving wnylib Jul 2021 #21

I do wear a mask whenever I'm around my husband liberal_mama Jul 2021 #23

As long as there is a significant amount of unvaccinated, it won't end. roamer65 Jul 2021 #24

It is scary, but at least there are things wnylib Jul 2021 #25

The variants that mutate to become more infectious push aside earlier viruses. Blue_true Jul 2021 #12

Are they able to tell from the swab test? Throck Jul 2021 #6

A ordinary swab test won't tell you - Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #11

Now the Lamda variant has entered the room luckone Jul 2021 #7

Isn't Lamba also known as Delta+? I am losing track. Blue_true Jul 2021 #13

Lambda originated in Peru. It's not the same sequence as Delta plus, which is a variant of the GPV Jul 2021 #19

Ok, thanks. Makes me glad that I am vaccinated. Blue_true Jul 2021 #26

Just when you think the original strain was the final boss vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #8

Actually. Blue_true Jul 2021 #14

Once uptick in mortality hits 50% or more vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #16

Yes. From a somewhat dispassionate standpoint, it will be interesting to see how Blue_true Jul 2021 #17

They'd end up dying vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #18

You hit on my concern, the virus variants will make the current batch of vaccines Blue_true Jul 2021 #27

It's their hoax - Donny Dotard Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 #20

Hmmm! ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #22

Overall cases going down due to moonscape Jul 2021 #29

Sorry, No ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #31

You can kinda tell actual case numbers are of little consequence to some BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #30