Posted on Jul 9, 2021
The Delta Variant Isn't Just Hyper-Contagious. It Also Grows More Rapidly Inside You
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https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/08/ [login to see] /why-the-delta-variant-is-so-contagious-a-new-study-sheds-light
After months of data collection, scientists agree: The delta variant is the most contagious version of the coronavirus worldwide. It spreads about 225% faster than the original version of the virus, and it's currently dominating the outbreak in the United States.
A new study, published online Wednesday, sheds light on why. It finds that the variant grows more rapidly inside people's respiratory tracts and to much higher levels, researchers at the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
On average, people infected with the delta variant had about 1,000 times more copies of the virus in their respiratory tracts than those infected with the original strain of the coronavirus, the study reported.
In addition, after someone catches the delta variant, the person likely becomes infectious sooner. On average, it took about four days for the delta variant to reach detectable levels inside a person, compared with six days for the original coronavirus variant.
After months of data collection, scientists agree: The delta variant is the most contagious version of the coronavirus worldwide. It spreads about 225% faster than the original version of the virus, and it's currently dominating the outbreak in the United States.
A new study, published online Wednesday, sheds light on why. It finds that the variant grows more rapidly inside people's respiratory tracts and to much higher levels, researchers at the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
On average, people infected with the delta variant had about 1,000 times more copies of the virus in their respiratory tracts than those infected with the original strain of the coronavirus, the study reported.
In addition, after someone catches the delta variant, the person likely becomes infectious sooner. On average, it took about four days for the delta variant to reach detectable levels inside a person, compared with six days for the original coronavirus variant.
The Delta Variant Isn't Just Hyper-Contagious. It Also Grows More Rapidly Inside You
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Zounds there Trumpman (see the Daily KOS Cartoon) it's not a cold!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chip I know I am going to piss off several people with this but I am right.
Fucking Chinese virus. All this was planned when this was manufactured in a lab somewhere in china. Everyone is entitled to an opinion just understand if it is something other than its a manufactured virus you are wrong. Just saying, does not mean you are a bad person it just means you are wrong.
Fucking Chinese virus. All this was planned when this was manufactured in a lab somewhere in china. Everyone is entitled to an opinion just understand if it is something other than its a manufactured virus you are wrong. Just saying, does not mean you are a bad person it just means you are wrong.
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This is the danger inherent in conservative ideology. This is why they are a threat not just to the nation, but humanity as a whole. Wild anti-intellectualism over dumb culture war nonsense has real consequences when those idiots get into power.
It would be one thing if they were just killing themselves, but they're hurting other people with their bullshit.
It would be one thing if they were just killing themselves, but they're hurting other people with their bullshit.
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