The @PHE_uk report today paints a grim picture - TL;DR:-delta variant has almost replaced the beta variant in much of England- 50-60% more transmissible- ~2.5x higher risk of hospitalisations- Schools appear to be a key area of spread with many large no.s of clusters 🧵— Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) June 3, 2021
This shouldn’t be a contrarian position, it’s the scientific consensus. I hate that doom porn is such an upvote magnet here.
Every doom porn post about variants on here for the past few months has been demonstrably proven wrong. Every variant has been handled fine by the vaccine. B117 didn’t cause an exponential surge (in the US). Vaccine hesitancy is serious but not destroying any hope of herd immunity.
This shouldn’t be a contrarian position, it’s the scientific consensus. I hate that doom porn is such an upvote magnet here.
Every doom porn post about variants on here for the past few months has been demonstrably proven wrong. Every variant has been handled fine by the vaccine. B117 didn’t cause an exponential surge (in the US). Vaccine hesitancy is serious but not destroying any hope of herd immunity.