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- Michael Grothaus identifies counties in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Missouri that are particularly vulnerable to the Delta variant of COVID-19.
- What can be done to boost vaccination rates to decrease the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19?
- Read about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in the face of the Delta variant.
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The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is quickly spreading across the world. The World Health Organization estimates it will be the dominant strain globally within months, reports MarketWatch. In the United States, Delta already is—and that’s a big problem, especially for the unvaccinated.
Full doses of the vaccines seem to offer robust protection against Delta despite it being more transmissible than previous variants. This is one of the reasons U.S. officials have now warned the pandemic has shifted to become a “pandemic among the unvaccinated.”
So where is Delta’s spread potentially the most hazardous in the United States? Where vaccination rates are low.
Read the full article about Delta variant danger zones by Michael Grothaus at Fast Company.