Delta variant could be to blame for deadly COVID outbreak in Manatee
Jun. 22, 2021
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Manatee County Administration Building reopened as scheduled Monday morning, after an emergency shutdown was ordered Friday due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
In all, five employees of the IT department contracted the virus. Of that group, four were hospitalized and two died last week.
“That’s a 40% case fatality rate,” said Dr. Scott Hopes, the county administrator. “That’s a high fatality rate.”
Epidemiologists and the Manatee County Health Department worked to contact trace and now they’re investigating if a variant of the virus may be to blame.
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Hopefully there is some mistake, that's a shockingly high number.
Almost all media covid headlines now are about the new variant or Biden missing July 4th vax target. Top rated White House scientist who is greatly cherished around here has also weighed in:
Fauci declares delta variant ‘greatest threat’ to the nation’s efforts to eliminate Covid
Tue, Jun 22 2021
Key Points
- White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday the highly contagious delta variant is the “greatest threat” to the nation’s attempt to eliminate Covid-19.
- Delta, first identified in India, now makes up about 20% of all new cases in the United States, up from 10% about two weeks ago, Fauci said.
He said delta appears to be “following the same pattern” as alpha, the variant first found in the U.K., with infections doubling in the U.S. about every two weeks.
“Similar to the situation in the U.K., the delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the U.S. to our attempt to eliminate Covid-19,” he said.
Fauci’s comments come after CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Friday urged Americans to get vaccinated against Covid, saying she expects delta to become the dominant coronavirus variant in the U.S.
Studies suggest it is around 60% more transmissible than alpha, which was more contagious than the original strain that emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019
cnbc.com/2021/06/22/fauci-declares-delta-variant-greatest-threat-to-the-nations-efforts-to-eliminate-covid.html
Covid-19 Delta Variant Threatens to Set Back Europe’s Recovery
The Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly across continental Europe, raising the risk of a rebound in infections and a delay to the region's recovery.
The Wall Street Journal June 22
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