The Delta Variant is a Variant of COVID-19, much like the new Omicron Variant. It’s known to be more contagious than COVID-19 and can be more harmful and severe. Scientists are learning more and more about Delta and other Variants every day attempting to find ways to best keep the public safe.
The CDC States,
“Unvaccinated people remain the greatest concern: The greatest risk of transmission is among unvaccinated people who are much more likely to get infected, and therefore transmit the virus. Fully vaccinated people get COVID-19 (known as breakthrough infections) less often than unvaccinated people. People infected with the Delta variant, including fully vaccinated people with symptomatic breakthrough infections, can transmit the virus to others. CDC is continuing to assess data on whether fully vaccinated people with asymptomatic breakthrough infections can transmit the virus.
- The Delta variant is more contagious: The Delta variant is highly contagious, more than 2x as contagious as previous variants.
- Some data suggest the Delta variant might cause more severe illness than previous variants in unvaccinated people. In two different studies from Canada and Scotland, patients infected with the Delta variant were more likely to be hospitalized than patients infected with Alpha or the original virus that causes COVID-19. Even so, the vast majority of hospitalization and death caused by COVID-19 are in unvaccinated people.
- Unvaccinated people remain the greatest concern: The greatest risk of transmission is among unvaccinated people who are much more likely to get infected, and therefore transmit the virus. Fully vaccinated people get COVID-19 (known as breakthrough infections) less often than unvaccinated people. People infected with the Delta variant, including fully vaccinated people with symptomatic breakthrough infections, can transmit the virus to others. CDC is continuing to assess data on whether fully vaccinated people with asymptomatic breakthrough infections can transmit the virus.
- Fully vaccinated people with Delta variant breakthrough infections can spread the virus to others. However, vaccinated people appear to spread the virus for a shorter time: For prior variants, lower amounts of viral genetic material were found in samples taken from fully vaccinated people who had breakthrough infections than from unvaccinated people with COVID-19. For people infected with the Delta variant, similar amounts of viral genetic material have been found among both unvaccinated and fully vaccinated people. However, like prior variants, the amount of viral genetic material may go down faster in fully vaccinated people when compared to unvaccinated people. This means fully vaccinated people will likely spread the virus for less time than unvaccinated people. “ Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html
What are the Symptoms?
People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported,
People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
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Here is what the CDC has to say about Self-Testing: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/self-testing.html
Sources:
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
Nationwide Medical Supply: https://nationwidemedicalsupplies.com/
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/health/covid-masks-counterfeit-fake.html
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