Washington, August 03, 2021 (PPI-OT):An internal slide presentation from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention dated Thursday gives new details on how dangerous Indian delta variant really is. One chart shows that it could be as contagious as chickenpox, which is one of the more transmissible viruses out there. It spreads more easily than the common cold, the 1918 flu and smallpox.

The document was first obtained and published by The Washington Post. It also says that in addition to being more contagious, the delta variant likely increases the risk of severe disease and hospitalization, compared with the original strain.

A summary slide says that because of Indian delta variant, the agency should “acknowledge that the war has changed.” It also recommends that the agency ramp up communications so the public will understand that vaccines still greatly reduce the risk of death and severe disease. Vaccinated People Can Spread Indian Delta Variant, Suggests Data Behind The CDC Mask Guidance.

In that outbreak, vaccinated and unvaccinated people had nearly the same amount of virus recovered from test samples, indicating that vaccinated people are just as contagious as unvaccinated people when it comes to Indian delta variant. With previous strains, vaccinated people who became infected with the coronavirus had much lower levels of virus, meaning they were less contagious. The CDC has promised to release detailed data from this outbreak soon.

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