The summer surge of COVID-19, fueled by the delta variant, raised alarm bells among scientists and citizens alike that unlike prior variants of the virus, this one was different.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a vaccine for children 5 to 11 soon, and millions of child-sized doses are being readied to ship out to clinics across the country., fueled by the delta variant, raised alarm bells among scientists and citizens alike that unlike prior variants of the virus, this one was different.
"I think the people who are really concerned are parents with children under 12 who are concerned that even if they're vaccinated, they could have a breakthrough infection and transmit it to their unvaccinated children," said Dr. Anna Durbin, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine."I get that.""Data are coming out that it's the opposite," said Dr.
Experts said there's no doubt the delta variant is among the most hyper-transmissible versions of the virus to have emerged. That hyper-transmissibility makes it possible to spread between vaccinated people. But that risk is still low. Even if the delta variant is transmissible among vaccinated people, new data suggests"it's for a shorter period of time" compared to the unvaccinated, said Durbin.
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