> Troubling—the worst variant to date, the #DeltaVariant is now the new fastest growing variant in US. This is the so-called “Indian” variant #B16172 that is ravaging the UK despite high vaccinations because it has immune evasion properties. Here is why it’s trouble—Thread. #COVID19
There’s also a strong chance that delta is the most transmissible variant we know even without its immune evasion (source: I work on this, don’t have a public source to share). I agree with your assessment that delta is a big deal.
Those graphs all show the percentage share of the different variants, but more important would be the actual growth rate. Is the delta variant growing, or is it just shrinking less quickly than the others?
This seems like potentially a big deal: https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1402062059890786311
> Troubling—the worst variant to date, the #DeltaVariant is now the new fastest growing variant in US. This is the so-called “Indian” variant #B16172 that is ravaging the UK despite high vaccinations because it has immune evasion properties. Here is why it’s trouble—Thread. #COVID19
There’s also a strong chance that delta is the most transmissible variant we know even without its immune evasion (source: I work on this, don’t have a public source to share). I agree with your assessment that delta is a big deal.
The fact that we still use the same sequence to vaccinate seems like civilisational failure.
Those graphs all show the percentage share of the different variants, but more important would be the actual growth rate. Is the delta variant growing, or is it just shrinking less quickly than the others?