The delta variant of the coronavirus is apparently just as contagious as chickenpox. That comes from an internal paper of the US Disease Control Agency CDC.
Atlanta / Frankfurt – The delta variant of the coronavirus * is more contagious than other variants and the wild type of Sars-CoV-2, research is quite unanimous. But how contagious is Delta? Apparently very contagious, as CNN reports, citing a presentation by the US epidemic protection agency CDC. The presentation, the authenticity of which has now been confirmed to CNN by CDC director Rochelle Walensky, contains previously unpublished data on the delta variant of the corona virus. And they have it all: the variant seems to cause more severe disease processes and spreads as easily as chickenpox, it says.
Furthermore, the data apparently show that vaccinated people can spread the delta variant in the same way as unvaccinated people. “I think people have to understand that it is serious,” emphasized Walensky in an interview with CNN. “It’s one of the most easily transmitted viruses we know. Measles, chickenpox, this – they are all part of it. ”The measures that have to be taken to bring the Delta variant under control are“ extreme ”, according to Walensky.
CDC: Delta variant of the coronavirus as contagious as chickenpox
The CDC recently decided to recommend that completely vaccinated people wear a mask indoors again. The CDC also explicitly recommends wearing mouth and nose protection in schools. It is expected that the epidemic protection authority will publish data on Friday (local time) to justify this decision. The CDC has to admit that “the war has changed,” the presentation said.
According to the CNN report, the CDC presentation contains, among other things, data on how many people an infected person infects on average, the so-called “R0” value. While about two other people are infected on average with the wild type of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, the R0 value of the delta variant is apparently eight to nine. Vaccinated people also become infected with the Delta variant and pass it on – but they are apparently still better protected, according to the CDC documents, from which CNN cites.
Corona: Vaccinated people also become infected with Delta and infect others
“Vaccines prevent more than 90 percent of the serious course of the disease, but could be less effective in preventing infections or contagion,” says the CDC presentation literally. Vaccinations prevented the risk of severe disease or death by ten times and reduced the risk of corona infection by three times.
Just a few days ago, CDC director Walensky warned that Corona was “only a few mutations away” * from an escape variant that can bypass the existing vaccines. On Thursday (July 29th, 2021, local time), US President Joe Biden announced * what steps his government wants to take to get more people to get the corona vaccination. Among other things, government employees have to get vaccinated against corona or wear a mask permanently and take regular corona tests. “It’s a matter of life or death,” explained Biden. Those who are not vaccinated represent a “problem,” warned the president. “People die who shouldn’t die.” (Tanja Banner) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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