If coronavirus had a voice, she’d say, here I go again. And just like that, COVID is front and center in the news. The Delta variant is dominant in the US, prompting a surge of COVID in 45 states. Cases rose 47% last week, the biggest increase since April 2020. The CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said COVID is “becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” She said 97% of the current COVID hospitalizations nationwide are among people who are not fully vaccinated. This statement seems at odds with the decision of Los Angeles County to reimplement a mask mandate indoors, regardless if people are vaccinated. At this point, 185 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine, roughly 65% of the population age 12 and older. However, health experts worry that the vaccination rate is not high enough to stop the spread of the Delta variant. And in states like Tennessee, where the (fully) vaccinated rate is only 38%, the rise in Delta presents concerns for the start of the school year a few weeks away.
Episode 59: Here I Go Again
Episode 59: Here I Go Again
Episode 59: Here I Go Again
If coronavirus had a voice, she’d say, here I go again. And just like that, COVID is front and center in the news. The Delta variant is dominant in the US, prompting a surge of COVID in 45 states. Cases rose 47% last week, the biggest increase since April 2020. The CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said COVID is “becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” She said 97% of the current COVID hospitalizations nationwide are among people who are not fully vaccinated. This statement seems at odds with the decision of Los Angeles County to reimplement a mask mandate indoors, regardless if people are vaccinated. At this point, 185 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine, roughly 65% of the population age 12 and older. However, health experts worry that the vaccination rate is not high enough to stop the spread of the Delta variant. And in states like Tennessee, where the (fully) vaccinated rate is only 38%, the rise in Delta presents concerns for the start of the school year a few weeks away.