The Delta variant may be as transmissible to vaccinated people as it is to unvaccinated people and may cause more serious illness in the unvaccinated than other types of coronavirus, according to an internal report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC).
The document, a presentation prepared by officials within the U.S. health agency and taken from the Washington Post , argues that government officials must "accept that the war has changed" given the severity.
The CDC document cites data suggesting that vaccinated people carry viral loads similar to those who are unvaccinated and infected with the variant, although scientists acknowledge that vaccinated people are much less likely to spread the virus if they become infected. compared to unvaccinated people.
The CDC internal report, leaked by the Washington Post, was made public a few days after the agency changed guidelines recommending that vaccinated people also wear masks indoors.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, confirmed the veracity of the report in an interview with CNN.
"The measures we need to take to control this virus are extreme. The measures you need are extreme," Walensky said.
The presence of the Delta variant has been confirmed in our country, where the health authorities have emphasized the importance of vaccination.
