Delta Variant and Vaccines: What to Know

In America, the number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 82000! Fauci warned: The United States will usher in more pain.

In India, the number of confirmed cases is increasing by over 40,000! The third wave of the epidemic may break out in August and reach its peak in October. In the worst case, the number of new cases in a single day may reach 150000!

In Russia, More than 23000 confirmed cases have been added every day! The mayor of Moscow said that the anti-epidemic spent about 350 billion rubles in one and a half years!

In Thailand, Daily increase of 18000 hits a historical high! The National Chengchi University Hospital near the capital Bangkok has begun to use containers to store corpses that cannot fit in the morgue. The last time this was done was during the 2004 tsunami.

In Malaysia, An increase of 17000 per day! It has become one of the most severely affected areas in the world.

Delta has became a global nightmare, Britain, the United States, Russia, Israel, China… They are all countries with high vaccination rates, but they have all recently been defeated by the Delta variant. By July 20th, Delta variants account for 71% of the world!

Just as the world had to enter a new round of epidemic prevention in response to Delta, a highly infectious new variant of the new crown virus from Peru was confirmed, this name is ‘Lambda variant virus’. It may also be resistant to vaccines! It has spread to about 30 countries now, Mainly in Latin America. And the spreading power and drug resistance may be stronger!

Immediately afterwards, the British health department announced that another new variant had been discovered, “Colombia” variant. At present, 16 cases of infection have been found in the UK. However, what is even more shocking is that scientists from the British government advisory group SAGE issued a warning: There is currently a risk of breeding new varieties in the UK. And this new variation, May escape the vaccine, Kill 1/3 of the infected. The doomsday scenario will become a reality! There may be a kind of “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)” and “SARS” in the UK. Deadly new strain! The mortality rate of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is as high as 35%!

The document also pointed out that if the new variant virus is re-mutated after recombination from the South African Beta variant and the more transmissible Alpha or Delta variants. Then it may become resistant to the vaccine, escape the immunity provided by current vaccines.

Most importantly, the scientists said, The virus may not be completely eradicated, New strains will always appear in the future!

The Washington Post, an internal CDC document shows that the Delta variant seems to cause more serious diseases and is as easy to spread as chickenpox.

The data on this document shows that Delta has similar transmission power to fully vaccinated people and non-vaccinated people. However, vaccines are still highly effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky confirmed the authenticity of the document, “I think the public must understand that we are not shouting that the wolf is coming. This is really serious. This is one of the most infectious viruses known, measles and chickenpox. , And this (Delta mutant strain), both are very high.”

How effective is Pfizer immune to Delta? Research results vary greatly from country to country.

The Israeli Ministry of Health’s report supports the possibility that Pfizer has lost its effectiveness, leading to a decrease in immunity to Delta: the second dose in April, the vaccine’s effectiveness was 79%, in March 69%, in February 44%, and in January 16%.

This means: 6 months ago, the protection of the fully vaccinated against the Delta mutant strain has been reduced to 16%!

However, there is a big difference between the Israeli data and the 88% efficiency found in the English study. The contradictory results caused confusion in the media. Don’t take it lightly even if you have been fully vaccinated before further results appear.

Although vaccination continues to spread, in order to prevent the delta virus from spreading further, the CDC has updated its mask guidelines: It is recommended that people who are fully vaccinated with the new crown vaccine should still wear a mask indoors in areas where the new crown epidemic is more severe and highly spread.

A source involved in the decision-making process told CNN: New unpublished data shows that vaccinated persons infected with Delta virus may carry as much virus as unvaccinated persons. This is also the main reason for CDC’s release of updated mask guidelines. .

The worsening of the epidemic is not only in the United States, but the whole world is at high risk, including China, which is still growing under the dual-pronged policy and vaccines. It also shows that Delta’s infectiousness cannot be underestimated.

We hope that the friends who have been completely vaccinated against the new crown vaccine will not take it lightly! Still need to continue to do basic protections to fight the epidemic.