That stats from the countries that have already experienced the wave and are done with it...clearly show delta is NOT an issue. Deaths barely moved.
To pretend otherwise is...well just pretending.
We don't need to wonder what will happen with Delta spreading through the population. We can already look at a number of countries in the west. They neither had an issue with a rise in deaths NOR had to dealt with their hospital systems coming anywhere CLOSE to having issues.
Look at the data.
"Coronavirus: While Delta infections in UK continue to be high and rising, there has not been a corresponding rise in the number of hospitalisations, study said."
UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues its rise in the UK with a further 36,800 cases logged on Friday, which marks a 17 per cent increase over the previous week.
www.ndtv.com
The Reassuring Data on the Delta Variant
There’s no sign of a surge in hospitalization or severe illness, and the vaccines remain extremely effective
There’s no sign of a surge in hospitalization or severe illness, and the vaccines remain extremely effective.
www.wsj.com
"Surprise dip in UK COVID cases baffles researchers
Daily recorded infections have more than halved since mid-July. Few researchers anticipated such a sharp decline, and they are now struggling to interpret it."
---Same article states this. Sound familiar?
"Exponential growth in infections since June led to predictions of as many as 100,000 new cases being reported daily, and fears that the National Health Service (NHS) could be overwhelmed by hospitalizations."
But that didn't happen...and per the article: "Few public-health experts, however, anticipated the recent sharp drop — and they are struggling to interpret it.
Daily recorded infections have more than halved since mid-July. Few researchers anticipated such a sharp decline, and they are now struggling to interpret it.
www.nature.com