- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
President Joe Biden warned Friday that Delta, a coronavirus variant first discovered in India, poses an increased threat to unvaccinated Americans.
“It is a variant that is more easily transmissible, potentially deadlier, and particularly dangerous for young people,” Biden said at a White House news conference.
His remarks came just hours after Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told “Good Morning America” that Delta would likely become the dominant strain in the US in the coming months. (Some experts have even suggested that might even happen within weeks.)
Delta represents just 10% of US COVID-19 cases so far, but it already makes up around 90% of cases in the UK, according to a study from Imperial College London that’s still awaiting peer review. The researchers also found that COVID-19 cases in the UK are doubling every 11 days, most likely as a…
