Delta Variant: Fear Mongering
Studies out of UK....the Delta variant is a 'puddy cat' ..because it's affecting younger people, all they are getting is basically a cold.
The truth is, there is no need to fear the Delta variant...but that is not the message the Politicians want you to hear.
Without fear and reprisals, they can no longer support this lockdown.
Quote:
Headache, sore throat, runny nose and fever are now the top four reported symptoms, all while the more-infectious delta variant, also known as B1617, is sweeping mainly through people under 40 in the U.K.
"It's more like a bad cold in this younger population," Spector said.
Having a cough clocked in as the fifth most-reported symptom — less common than before, he said — while loss of smell is no longer in the top ten.
Quote:
While it's good news if COVID-19 truly shows up more often like a common cold, a shift in commonly-experienced symptoms could have an impact on how regions tackle the rest of the pandemic.
Experts have warned pockets of the population with lower vaccination rates are still at risk for infections, and Chagla said milder experiences that don't warrant a trip to a testing centre or hospital could make it harder to track the virus' spread within vulnerable settings in the months ahead.
SECOND OPINIONHow vaccines can crush the variants and make reopening permanent in Canada
"It's going to make testing, as a strategy, a whole lot more difficult," he explained. "Especially with common symptoms being something like a headache — people get headaches for a lot of reasons."
That means community-based testing won't be a feasible option in Canada for much longer despite being a staple throughout much of the pandemic, Chagla said, since it's hard to expect people to rush out for a test at every run-of-the-mill symptom.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/why-c...toms-1.6069831
