How the Delta Variant Is Driving Another Wave of COVID-19

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🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Delta variant now accounts for the vast majority of new COVID-19 infections in the United States. New models suggest the variant is driving a stark increase in daily case counts. Already, hospitals in some communities in Florida have matched their peaks from the days before the vaccines. The CDC has revised its guidelines about who needs to wear a mask and why. In this hour, we talk about what a Delta wave looks like, who is most at risk, and what’s different now as we mark 450 days of the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	Well, the pandemic isn't over.
0:59.2	The more transmissible delta variant now makes up the vast majority of new cases in the country,
1:04.5	and it's driving a new wave of the virus, leading the CDC to issue new indoor masking rules yesterday.
1:05.6	Shockingly, some areas of Florida and Arkansas are at or near the peaks for hospitalizations
1:10.4	from the winter
1:11.4	before there were vaccines available.
1:13.7	But that's not the case here in California, and it's hard to know what to expect next.
1:17.7	So we'll take a hard look at the numbers from here and abroad, attempt to sort out the
1:21.3	new COVID picture, and orient you for the coming months.
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