Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox, according to new definition from US experts

Hours after 12 people were reported to have been infected with the Delta variant, the product of a traveler who failed to comply with mandatory isolation, in Cordoba, the newspaper The Washington Post transcends the information spilled into a internal document from Centers for Disaster Control and Prevention the United States (CDC), according to which Delta would be as contagious as chickenpox and more severe in unvaccinated, compared to known variants of the coronavirus.

Delta’s contagiousness, the Washington Post reports, using the terms contained in this document – which is in the format of a slide presentation – is said to be greater than other known viruses, including Ebola and the common cold.

Through these slides, specifies the prestigious American newspaper, the CDC urges the authorities to renew the persuasive message to improve the limited reach of the vaccination campaign in this country. In this sense, they focus on two central themes about the peculiarities that Delta would have.

The first is how even vaccinated people are able to catch and infect others with this new variant that originated in India.

While it was already known that vaccines prevent against severe Covid disease but not necessarily against infection (and the possibility of spreading the virus to others), the news now is that the contagious power of Delta would reach the level of viral load equalization between vaccinated and unvaccinated.

The second theme is not cheerful either. While Delta has so far been reported to be more contagious than known variants but just as virulent, the CDC hints at a potential greater severity of the virus in unvaccinated people who develop the disease.

It is in this sense that the Washington Post note focuses on how “scientists at the CDC were so alarmed by the new research that the agency earlier this week significantly changed the guidelines for those vaccinated even before. to make the new data public “.

It should be noted that among these recommendations is the twist the chinstrap in confined spaces, both for the vaccinated and for the unvaccinated, a measure which in some American localities had ceased to be mandatory.

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