This virus has no incentive to let up, and it remains in search of the next vulnerable person to infect,” she said.Īccording to CDC data released earlier this week, the Delta variant represents an estimated 83% of all coronavirus samples sequenced in the last two weeks. “If you are not vaccinated, please take the Delta variant seriously. The spread of the variant makes vaccination even more important, Walensky said. It is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of, and I have seen in my 20-year career,” Walensky said at a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing. Walensky said Thursday that the Delta variant is an “aggressive and much more transmissible” strain of the virus. “But saying that doesn’t mean undermining confidence in seatbelts, it just saying that the choices that other people are making influence us too,” Wen said. Wen compared vaccination to wearing a seatbelt: it is a crucial layer of protection, but it is not foolproof against the reckless behavior of others. Some might not get symptoms if they are infected, but some might end up being protected from hospitalization and still get sick, he said. “So, this could be as good as it gets at least for a period of time,” he said.įor people who are vaccinated, their immune system is much better equipped to protect them against the virus, but it is not perfect, Gupta said. In the warm weather of July, people are primarily socializing outside, where the virus is less likely to spread, he said.Ĭome the drier, colder weather of the fall and winter, transmission rates might go up even more, Gupta added. “If you are vaccinated, you get exceptional protection from the vaccines, but you have the opportunity to make the personal choice to add extra layers of protection if you so choose,” she said.Īt this time of the summer, transmission rates should be low, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta said, speaking on the same show. The CDC still recommends that unvaccinated people wear masks, but the choice is up to the individual if they are vaccinated, Director Dr. “So, I know they’re uncomfortable, I don’t like wearing masks either, but until we get the numbers back down, let’s all wear masks again,” said the judge of the county that includes Houston. In Texas, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo warned that the region is “at the beginning of a potentially very dangerous fourth wave of this pandemic” and raised the threat level from yellow to orange, urging community members to wear masks. Some regions are returning to masks in hopes of slowing the spread. In Missouri, additional personnel and equipment are being sent to Springfield and Greene County to support the local healthcare system, Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced Thursday. UC Davis epidemiology professor Lorena Garcia said the impact could be extremely devastating on rural communities with lower vaccination rates and limited access to care. I don’t think we’ll go back to the worst we’ve seen, due to the vaccine, but it’s hard to tell.” “We’re all thinking that another surge is likely,” said UC Davis Medical Center Director of Critical Care Christian Sandrock said in a statement Thursday.
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