At time of writing, the UK is again under lockdowns and the Delta (Indian) variant of COVID-19 within the UK appears to be on the rise. On June 18, 20

Delta Variant Less Dangerous Than Flu

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2021-06-24 22:00:05

At time of writing, the UK is again under lockdowns and the Delta (Indian) variant of COVID-19 within the UK appears to be on the rise.

On June 18, 2021, the UK government released a briefing called SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation. In that report, they review the Delta cases since February 1, 2021 in the UK.

What becomes interesting, is when you compare the case fatality rate between the unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals. It appears the case fatality rate (as well as the raw number of fatalities) is higher than the unvaccinated individuals.

Unfortunately, to-date there have not been enough cases to break it out by age. However, the most interesting aspect to all this is comparing the case fatality rate of other illnesses[1]?

“We’ve found that recipients of the Pfizer vaccine have 5x-6x LOWER amounts of neutralizing antibodies…these are the gold standard antibodies of your immune system.” pic.twitter.com/Jy1WpGYJKN

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