And now, in the "I really hate to read this" department (or, for those who prefer, the "Mordant is a fear-monger department"):
Respected infectious disease expert says pandemic will last at least through 2023
Oh, and on the "thank dog we're vaccinated" front:
Respected infectious disease expert says pandemic will last at least through 2023
Quote:Honest truth we are in the long haul with COVID. You are looking at probably another two to three years of dealing with this,” he said during his presentation.
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He says the delta variant was a game changer, with variants emerging every six months and only 28% of the world vaccinated. Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. are not immune.
“People want to sugar coat things and oh yeah it’s going to be better two months from now, three months from now. It’s not,” said Brown.
Oh, and on the "thank dog we're vaccinated" front:
Quote:He says contact tracing studies in Singapore showed superspreader events with vaccinated people infecting other vaccinated people.
“You can see many of the infections in this outbreak were among vaccinated people,” said during his presentation.
“And to make it worse, these red dots mean it was an asymptomatic transmission,” he added.
He explains breakthrough infections.
“For the first four to five days after you get infected, the vaccinated and unvaccinated have almost the same viral load,” he said.
He does say vaccinated people get better faster and are far less likely to get seriously ill. The vast majority in hospitals are not vaccinated.
While Hawaii leaders have said all restrictions would drop at the 70% vaccination benchmark, the governor is reconsidering it.
