Delta Variant - Page 2

Former New York Times reporter Nate Silver slammed the newspaper for spreading “misinformation” about the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

Appearing Friday on CNN, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) suggested that a coronavirus vaccine mandate could be coming to all restaurants in the Big Apple. 

The CDC’s own math proves just how stupid and anti-science CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s (AKA Dr. Hot Mess) new mask mandates are for those of us who are vaccinated.

Powell pointed out that the second wave of infections that hit last summer had less of an economic impact than expected, in part because the states did not impose as severe lockdowns and because many households and businesses had adjusted to better deal with the pandemic.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), during his weekly press conference conducted over Zoom, said the Chinese coronavirus restrictions in the House of Representatives will remain in place indefinitely due to the continued spread.

The White House press pool detailed the exchange with officials who noted that Washington, DC, had just issued new guidance regarding indoor mask use as the city fell within the Centers for Disease Control’s “moderate” transmission category.

An Army Major General lashed out at critics and asked his followers to “block and report” “trolls” and “the disinformation tinfoil hat team.”

(AFP) — Thousands marched through Australia’s two biggest cities in anti-lockdown protests Saturday, sparking violent clashes with police in Sydney.

Texas Health officials say only 43 of the nearly 9,000 COVID-19 deaths in the state since February were vaccinated patients. Officials report that 99.5 percent of the COVID-19 Texas deaths were unvaccinated patients.

President Joe Biden’s administration is weighing the idea of more mask mandates for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic — even if they are vaccinated.

CNN medical contributor Dr. Leana Wen on Tuesday’s “Situation Room” said the Biden administration should reinstate some mask mandates and move toward “proof of vaccination” effort at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Delta Variant comprises 83 percent of sequenced coronavirus cases in the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday. 

A steep sell-of of stocks and a rise in bond prices as investors seek safe havens amid the delta variant driven covid surge.

MOSCOW (AP) – Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit another daily record, with authorities reporting 752 more fatalities amid a continuing surge in infections.

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the thought of unvaccinated individuals contracting and dying of the Chinese coronavirus keeps her “awake at night,” urging people to “get vaccinated.”

Biden said Tuesday, “Now we need to go community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and often times door by door – literally knocking on doors to get help to the remaining people.”

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for their lives.

Israel, which had all but beaten coronavirus last month with confirmed cases dipping lower than a dozen per day, has hit a three month high with more than 300 daily new infections in a 24-hour period as the delta variant sweeps across the country.

The British authorities are planning to offer a third round of coronavirus vaccine doses to over-50s alongside flu shots from September, claiming that “we will need to ensure protection against flu as well as maintaining protection against Covid-19” as winter descends.

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), warned Monday that the pandemic is not over and said it is not yet time to return to normal and “encourage a lot of social mixing.”

A Monday poll indicated most Americans want no governmental action on the coronavirus delta variant.

Los Angeles County is recommending that people return to wearing masks in indoor settings due to the risk of spreading the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, regardless of whether or not individuals are vaccinated.

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a strong hint Saturday that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England this month will be delayed as a result of the spread of the delta variant first identified in India.