Is this news still up to date? I read that now with the new Delta variant everything is changing again. Apparently the new virus is so highly infectious that there is no real different anymore between people who got vaccinated and people who didn't. So when travelling now we have to do another 14 days of quarantine, no matter if we already had corona in the past or if we are vaccinated. This was exactly what I was afraid of, that there will be a mutation that is much more risky and we are not good protected. I hope not much is going to change in Las Vegas.
When the whole world was moving towards stability, the Delta variant changed everything. The second wave of corona virus has appeared in different countries around the world.
Which is scarier than the first time. The countries of South Asia in particular are in more crisis. Because their medical system is far behind the developed countries.
It depends on how you look at it. Delta variant's transmissibility is higher than that of Alpha variant, and that's why people are so scared: they are taking into account only this aspect of the current situation. But we shouldn't forget that vaccination is now well under way, with 40+ million administered each day now. Almost 25% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine already. Having that in mind, please, read the following:
There are also concerns that current vaccines are less able to protect against the variant, although the latest PHE figures suggest two doses of either vaccine are still highly effective against hospitalization: 96% for Pfizer/BioNTech and 92% for Oxford/AstraZeneca.
In simple words: if vaccinated, even if you catch Delta, the chances of ending up in the hospital are extremely low.
I'm not saying we shouldn't care though. As I said in my earlier post: I don't think going to public places, including casinos, is a good idea these days, even if you are fully vaccinated. But, imo, we should avoid unnecessary panic by all means.
