The Legend Of Delta Variant
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 9 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
A more infectious coronavirus variant called the Delta variant is becoming the dominant strain in the UK, accounting for more than 60 percent of new infections there. We discuss what we know and don't know about the variant, which has yet to take hold in a major way in the U.S.
International law enforcement agencies arrested more than 800 people in a sting operation that had criminals sending messages through an app they believed was secure...but was actually created and overseen by the FBI.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday June 9th. I'm Kila Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Kila Rezek and this is what a day the podcast where we devote 90% of our day to |
| 0:13.2 | fighting off ransomware attacks. |
| 0:15.3 | Yeah, our priorities are basically cybersecurity first, new second, and honestly it's worked |
| 0:20.2 | so far. |
| 0:21.2 | Yeah, I mean hosting is something we do in between defensive hacking. |
| 0:25.4 | Yeah, it's just all part of our liberal arts degrees. |
| 0:35.2 | On today's show, we'll tell you the story of how the FBI suckered criminals to use its |
| 0:39.2 | own messaging app, leading to hundreds of arrests around the world, plus we'll have headlines. |
| 0:44.2 | But first the latest. |
| 0:45.6 | In the UK, the Delta variant is the rapidly emerging as the dominant variant, greater than 60%. |
| 0:53.6 | It is replacing the B 117. |
| 0:57.6 | That was Dr Anthony Fauci during a briefing yesterday talking about the so-called Delta |
| 1:01.3 | variant of the coronavirus. |
| 1:03.1 | It was first identified in India and has led to some growing concerns by world health |
| 1:07.0 | officials about its spread. |
| 1:08.3 | We'll talk more about that in a moment, but first, Gideon tells where things stand in |
| 1:12.0 | India itself right now. |
| 1:13.6 | Yeah, so the comparatively good news is that yesterday reportedly marked the first time |
| 1:17.7 | in over two months that India recorded less than 100,000 new cases in one day. |
| 1:22.6 | Of course, that is obviously a ton. |
| 1:25.2 | But last month, when the country was seeing a new peak, we were talking about daily numbers |
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