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2. I wonder what the criteria would be to call Delta a pandemic of it's own.

Tue Aug 24, 2021, 08:55 AM

Aug 2021

If not a whole (admittedly, not 'novel') different disease than the COVID-19 virus.

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New Zealand: Delta strain like 'a whole new virus' as cases rise [View all] Klaralven Aug 2021 OP

That reminds me of the start of the South Korean outbreak nitpicker Aug 2021 #1