The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been spreading rapidly throughout the U.S. and worldwide. William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and a faculty member of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the threat.
Q&A
William Hanage
Chan School: You were recently quoted on PRI’s The World as saying, “The emergency of Delta is catastrophic.” Just how worried should we be?
Hanage: Delta is highly transmissible about 60 percent more so than the previously dominant Alpha, which was itself more transmissible than the original virus and more virulent.
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With the COVID-19 cases skyrocketing every day, we are seeing more and more people coming forward to help each other, to assist, and offer help in every possible way. Many countries from around the world are coming forward to support India amid a huge shortage of medical supplies.
Likewise, a student of Harvard Business School is among those who did not just sit back and watch India suffering. But with all the Josh, she quickly raised more than $160,000 with the help of other students from 20 other universities.
The catastrophic COVID surge in India, with record numbers of new cases every day, shows few signs of slowing down. A number of humanitarian organizations, governments, individuals, and even celebrities are finding ways to help supply urgently needed resources and medical supplies. Harvard Business School student Shyamli Badgaiyan was among those who quickly mobilized a fundraising effort that has already raised more than $160,000 in aid.
“I had been watching COVID-19 cases surge and been feeling terribly anxious and helpless,” said Badgaiyan, who is from Delhi. “I found myself thinking of ways to help from afar an instinct I would later learn many students across the country were also feeling.”