CDC director blames COVID setbacks in spread of delta variant on unvaccinated people https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article253156748.html Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Friday firmly blamed recent setbacks in preventing the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus squarely on unvaccinated Americans who have defied federal guidance to continue wearing masks. With the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreading nationwide, and new scientific data indicating that vaccinated people can spread the virus just as easily as those who have not been vaccinated, the CDC earlier this week reversed its guidance and said fully vaccinated Americans now should wear masks indoors. “Our guidance in May said that fully vaccinated people could take off their masks safely, and that unvaccinated people should continue to wear them. Unfortunately, that’s not how it played out,” Walensky said in a phone interview with McClatchy. “Unvaccinated people took off their masks as well. And that’s what led us to where we are today.” The CDC director said she expects a greater number of positive cases among vaccinated people – known as “breakthrough” cases – to surface in the coming weeks. As more people get vaccinated, the number of those cases will also go up, she said, especially with the amount of virus spreading throughout the country. But the vaccines are working as intended according to the data, she said, noting that clinical trials for the vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna showed they were roughly 90% effective at preventing disease. “People might come out and say, ‘oh, my friend was vaccinated and got COVID,’” she said. “And what I would say is, if these vaccines are working at 90% protection against symptomatic disease, if you know 10 people who’ve been vaccinated, one of them may be a breakthrough case.” The new CDC guidance recommends that vaccinated Americans resume wearing masks indoors if they are in a community with a significant or high rate of viral transmission. Roughly 80% of the counties that have the most disease are places that have less than 40% of their residents vaccinated, she said. But the contagiousness of the delta variant may still pose a threat to vaccinated individuals that is not yet fully known. Walensky pointed to a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine outlining Israeli data that indicates a number of vaccinated people who experienced breakthrough cases have suffered from “long COVID,” or symptoms that have lasted for weeks or months. “Some of their breakthrough infections have had disease for a long period of time,” Walensky said. “So I think data are going to start emerging in this area, but there is some concern based on that Israeli paper that that might be the case.” The CDC is “carefully” examining data from clinical trials, vaccine manufacturers and international partners to see whether booster shots could be needed for vaccinated people – or help blunt the effects of the delta variant, she said. “What I will say is, we are actively reviewing the data, and simultaneously actively working to ensure that the day the data signals that it is time to get a booster, we will be ready to deliver it,” she said. The delta variant is among the most contagious infectious diseases scientists have seen in modern times and swept the country to become the most dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States in just two months. “When I think of infectious infectious diseases, this delta variant is topping my list,” Walensky said. The CDC director warned that the virus would evolve– potentially into even more contagious and deadlier forms – if it is able to continue mutating in unvaccinated hosts. Walensky declined to predict how long Americans would have to wear masks going forward. “This whole pandemic has been humbling,” she said. “The science evolves quickly – as the science evolves, my responsibility is to deliver that information to the American people so that they can protect themselves. So I would think it would be foolish of me to project where we’re going to be.” “What I would say about how these variants evolve is that they evolve to survive,” she said. “One of the things I think we’re all worried about in the scientific community is if they evolve to survive to outsmart our vaccines. That is one possible path that they might use to evolve,” Walensky said. “So could it become more transmissible? I suppose it could,” she added. “Could it evolve to evade our therapeutics? That is one possibility. Could it evolve to evade our vaccines? That’s certainly another possibility.”
Biden is failing to contain the virus and failing to achieve his vaccination goal, and his CDC director is adrift. Trump got him off to good start by leaving a set of vaccines that were ready to be approved and distributed and Joe inherited a backlog of people demanding the vaccine. He is unable to advance the ball beyond that. More spin required. Expect favorability rating to go southerly, as we have already seen. Leading the charge on how to hate MAGA people even more is not a winning formula. Do some work. Develop some therapeutics too idiots. This is not all just about vaccine.
Exactly!!!! The jab is being used to separate and punish conservatives. Regardless the reason for individual hesitancy, you’re vilified as some Orangeman cult follower. Powers that be could care less about it’s citizens, they’re focused solely on solidifying their position in government. There’s volumes of information on how to improve your immune system, ways to help protect yourself in the privacy of your own home, the only solutions they tout are those that are publicly identifiable and use them to ridicule and vilify anyone who doesn’t follow their script.
It quickly went from everything that happens in the US is a direct result of the President to nothing is the President's fault. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...-just-Republicans-refusing-COVID-vaccine.html Pelosi and White House blame Republicans for fueling spread of COVID but fewer than half of young people and 36% of black people have had shots while 92% of older Americans are jabbed Nancy Pelosi has attempted to blame the spread of COVID-19 on unvaccinated Republicans However, data that shows many key Democrat groups are also not signing up to be immunized Young people aged 18-24 - who are reliable Democrat voting bloc - are among the most hesitant groups; almost a quarter say they'll never have the shot Meanwhile, more than half of black and Hispanic Americans have not had a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine One survey revealed that one-third of black Americans would not have the shot even if it was determined safe by scientists
Best therapeutics are already in place, always have been. Supplement with vitamin C, zinc and D. Drink plenty of fluids, get a couple days rest at home in your own bed. It's just another strain of the flu, period. The exact same groups of people who are at risk of the regular old flu are at risk of this strain, no difference, none, zero, nada. Thanks to Trump expediting the process we have a vaccine. If you're an old guy like me it's wise to get jabbed. If not, follow the old school, tried and true remedy listed in the previous paragraph. Simple and effective.
The lefty media is clearly flailing around trying to find their way. I have watched a bit of cnn today and they have attacked the Washington Lefty Post for their report on recent breakthrough cases - alleging that they should have focused on the lower hospitalization rate among the vaccinated even though there were breakthroughs. Sparring with one of their lefty papers that has served as a loyal arm of the DNC is not a place they like to be in. And they attacked the CDC for miscommunication and being disorganized in an attempt to protect Biden. Taking shots at the CDC- especially Biden's CDC- is absolutely not something they would have done before but the recent chaos and circle jerk stuff has caused them to admit to some of it but to move their line of defense to protecting the White House.
As noted earlier white Republicans are the largest unvaccinated cohort. Amounting to millions of more people than any other cohort of the unvaccinated in the U.S.
As I said earlier I have CNN running in the background for shiites and giggles while I crank some spreadsheet numbers. The obama bootlicker guy there on CNN-Fareek Oscaryio- or whatever his name is. Hold on, I will google. Okay. Make that: Fareed Zakaria. Anyway he had this guest on. Some kind of expert and he was asking the guest if paying people a hundred bucks to take the vaccine was enough and if we should be paying more, etc. So, this guy says, "paying people may be backfiring because people start wondering how bad it must be if they have to pay you to take it- and raising the price to a thousand will only make it worse." slight paraphrase from memory. Heh, entertainment value there. Be careful Tards. You are not all that smart.