“Breakthrough cases,” where people who are fully vaccinated get COVID-19, are still considered rare, even with Delta, according to the CDC, but if a vaccinated person is infected, they can transmit the virus. (The CDC is continuing to assess data on whether people with breakthrough cases who don’t have symptoms can spread the virus.) Here are five things you need to know about the Delta variant.
- Delta is more contagious than the other virus strains
- Unvaccinated people are at risk
- Delta could lead to 'hyperlocal outbreaks'
- There is still more to learn about Delta
- Vaccination is the best protection against Delta
Read here (Yale Medicine, Sept 8, 2021)
