Although the COVID-19 vaccines are not perfect, fully vaccinated individuals can still be infected. However, they are less likely to become hospitalized or even die. Experts are concerned about the Delta coronavirus variant that was first found in India.Friday's World Health Organization recommendation was to have fully vaccinated individuals wear face masks wherever possible. This is due to the increased transmission and risk of serious COVID-19 around the world.Two doses of vaccine are not enough to make people feel secure. They must still protect themselves. Dr. Mariangela Simao (WHO assistant director-general, access to medicines, and health products), stated that vaccines alone will not stop community transmission. It is important that people continue to use masks, remain in ventilated areas, practice hand hygiene, maintain a distance from others, and keep their hands clean.This advice came more than a month after U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention granted the green light for Americans who had been fully vaccinated to remove their masks in most situations. At the time, little information was available about the Delta variant and its location.Although the CDC has not yet responded to the WHO's advice, many experts in health outside of either agency agree that it is prudent to be cautious.This is my personal opinion. Even a brief exposure of just seconds can make the #DeltaVariant extremely contagious. This clearly indicates fast airborne transmission, according to Dr. Eric Feigl–Ding, an epidemiologist, a health economist, and senior fellow at Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C., who shared the WHO's advice via Twitter.Feigl Ding said that you need to continue masking, particularly premium masks, if at all possible.The world is witnessing the rise of Delta. The infective disease is spreading to those who have been vaccinated. Take precautions and fight for your victoryUse masksWHO encourages people who have been fully vaccinated to continue wearing masks while the delta Covid variant spreadshttp://t.co/Q5cbHBpNxn Yaneer Bar -Yam (@yaneerbaryam), June 25, 2021How does COVID-19's vaccines perform against the Delta variant?Continue the storyPublic Health England's study found that the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine was 33% more effective than the Delta variant in symptomatic COVID-19. It was 88% effective two weeks after the second dose, which is recommended to provide full protection.Although there is no data available on the effectiveness of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations against the Delta variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief White House medical advisor, told the Washington Post that at the very least the Moderna shot should provide similar protection, as its composition is similar to Pfizers.Experts believe masks can provide an additional layer of protection against the Delta variant. This variant is approximately 60% more contagious that the Alpha variant. It was one of the first to be identified in the U.S.Dr. Yasmeen Be, assistant professor of anesthesiology, Northwestern Medicine in Chicago agrees with WHO's recommendation on wearing masks indoors.Beg posted Sunday's tweet on Twitter that the scientific community is still trying to determine the significance of #delta and the new #DeltaPlus variants. CNN reports that the Delta plus variant, which is slightly modified from the Delta variant, has spread to several countries including India, the U.S., and the U.K. Researchers are still trying find out if it is more dangerous than the other variants.The CDC advised that fully immunized people could meet indoors without masks if they are not infected.Even if we are fully immunized, it is important to continue wearing masks. Joey (@DrJoyeta), June 24, 2021According to Dr. Eric Topol (director and founder of Scripps Research Translational Institute), more than 30% of coronavirus cases were in Delta variants as of Saturday. Its prevalence doubles approximately every 11 days.Topol tweeted that Nevada and Missouri are currently the epicenters for variants in the U.S. This has caused an increase in hospitalizations and cases.It is still too early to evaluate the impact of the Delta earthquake. The next few weeks will prove to be very instructive. Topol said that our genomic surveillance is still very weak. We would be in great position to reduce its impact if vaccinations were significantly increased.While the majority of the US is doing well overall, Nevada joined Missouri to become the epicenter for the Delta variant hit. Both states are now Delta-dominant and have increasing hospitalizations and cases (50% and 20% respectively over the past 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/QytkeOPjeV Eric Topol, @EricTopol June 27, 2021According to a CDC tracker, more than 153.7 million Americans have been fully vaccinated in the U.S.We still live in a world where we are only partially vaccinated, which makes us vulnerable and susceptible, Dr. Bruce Aylward said at Friday's press conference.This variant has been identified in at most 85 countries.Already we are beginning to see the effects of these events, with an increase in transmission. During the press conference, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove (infectious disease epidemiologist, WHO COVID-19 technical leader) stated that the Delta variant will increase the epidemic curve exponentially. Please do your best to stay safe and take individual decisions about what you should do each day.
