The war against COVID-19 has changed with the emergence of the highly transmissible and deadly Delta variant, said an internal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) slide presentation.
The document, which has not yet been released, was obtained by the Washington Post and calls for a new and more aggressive masking and vaccination strategy in the US to combat the spread of the Delta variant.
Most alarmingly, it warns that people with breakthrough infections, which are cases that occur despite full vaccination, may be as contagious as unvaccinated people.
“We are dealing with a different virus now,” Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, told NPR on Tuesday.
“This is not the original virus that we were dealing with. This has different capabilities [and is] much more efficient in transmitting from person to person,” he said.
Read the full story at Health Policy Watch.
SEE ALSO:
- The Scientist: The data behind the CDC’s new masking recommendations
- Health Policy Watch: Delta variant warning for unvaccinated pregnant women
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