Top US Disease Expert <br />Says Vaccinated People, Are Spreading Delta Variant.<br />According to Christopher Murray, Director <br />of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.<br />an increase in transmission of the virus in <br />highly-vaccinated populations such as Scotland...<br />... indicates that inoculated people are <br />transmitting the more infectious Delta variant.<br />You cannot explain the explosive epidemic in Scotland, in a pretty highly-vaccinated population, if they're not playing a role <br />in transmission, Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for <br />Health Metrics and Evaluation, via Business Insider.<br />In the U.S., Murray says CDC guidance <br />that does not require testing for vaccinated people <br />likely contributes to the spread of the Delta variant. .<br />We're probably missing a <br />bunch of transmission in <br />vaccinated individuals, Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for <br />Health Metrics and Evaluation, via Business Insider.<br />In states with low vaccination rates, <br />the unvaccinated who contract the <br />Delta variant seem to require more intensive care.<br />We actually have states where hospitalizations are going up more than cases, Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for <br />Health Metrics and Evaluation, via Business Insider.<br />Murray cites data showing that "we have <br />14 states where transmission has started to go back up.".<br />He says this is likely "due to the Delta variant <br />and the fact that everybody's stopped wearing <br />a mask and just basically stopped most precautions.".<br />A French study of the Delta variant released on <br />July 8 found that while a single dose of <br />a two-dose vaccine is "barley" effective.<br />the "good news" is that those who are <br />fully vaccinated have a great deal <br />of protection from the variant.<br />[The new study] really verifies the need for the full two-dose vaccine regimen to get full effectiveness of the vaccine against the delta, Dr. Monica Gandhi, U.C. San Francisco, <br />via 'The Washington Post'
