26 Jul 2021

Weekly COVID-19 Update – Delta Variant Rising -Episode 71

 

The latest data is creating additional concerns with the rising incidence of the Delta variant that is running through communities, especially those that are unvaccinated. There are a number of factors at play with increased transmissibility that appears to be attributable to the virus shedding in infected individuals earlier and at higher rates.

Hospitals are beginning to struggle with the numbers of COVID-19 patients and they are skewing younger than they did in the early part of the pandemic.  Increasingly, places are bringing back masking requirements for unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals.

We discuss what that might mean for the upcoming HIMSS 2021 conference scheduled to take place in a few weeks in Las Vegas and the resounding point backed by science and data –

getting vaccines in people’s arms as quickly and widely as possible is the best mechanism we have in fighting the pandemic to protect our friends, families, parents, children, and our businesses.

Who do you care for enough to get that vaccine?

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