On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a warning about a new COVID-19 “variant” amid growing calls for his arrest for crimes against humanity.
Despite the reality that most people in Western countries who are either vaccinated or not in a vulnerable risk group are mostly unaffected by the mutation, Fauci chose to exaggerate the risks during a press conference.
“It may be associated with increased disease severity, such as hospitalization risk, when compared to ‘Alpha,’” Fauci told reporters, before swiftly adding that there is a silver lining to the mutation.
“Fortunately, two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and AstraZeneca appear to be effective against the ‘Delta’ variant,” he said. “There’s reduced vaccine effectiveness after one dose, however, and I’ll get back to that in a moment.”
Dailycaller.com reports: Fauci also pointed to data published in a health science journal exploring the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccination against the “Delta” variant. The data indicates that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 88% “effective against symptomatic disease from” this particular variant beginning two weeks after receiving the second dose.
The data also suggested that two doses of the AstaZeneca vaccine results in 60% effectiveness against the “Delta” variant. Both of these vaccines had higher rates of effectiveness against the “Alpha” variant.
The peak transmission of this highly infectious variant is in the 12-to-20 year age group, according to conversations had with and data given by the U.K. Fauci urged Americans to get fully vaccinated as he warned that just one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine causes “poor protection” against the “Delta” variant.
“We want to get to and above the goal of 70% of the adult population receiving at least one dose by the Fourth of July,” Fauci said, referring to the White House’s “month of action” plan.
The “Delta” variant has sparked different reactions than those seen in COVID-19 patients, including hearing impairment and blood clots leading to gangrene, according to Bloomberg.
