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‘The war has changed’: CDC document warns delta infections likely more severe
The document cites recently obtained, still-unpublished data showing that vaccinated people infected with the delta variant may be able to transmit the virus as easily as those who are unvaccinated.
By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Joel AchenbachThe Washington Post
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Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, privately briefed members of Congress Thursday about material in the agency’s internal document about the delta variant.
Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, file
WASHINGTON — The delta variant of the coronavirus appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal federal health document that argues officials must “acknowledge the war has changed.”