CDC leaked COVID powerpoint

[dragonyphoenix]

Takeaways as I understand them

with Delta variant (vs previous variants)

• people infectious longer
• higher viral load
• slightly more dangerous but much more transmissible
• vaccinated have same viral load as unvaccinated
• vaccinated more likely to get COVID (but disease not as severe in vaccinated)
  

any variant

• vaccinated much less likely to be hospitalized or die
• vaccinated less likely to get ill than unvaccinated

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