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It’s coming—#DeltaVariant is now >96% dominant in 3 major counties (UK, Russia, Portugal). It is surging exponentially in the US at now 31% of all cases, up from ~10% just a week ago. The #COVID19 rise & divergence hidden by fast dropping #AlphaVariant. 🧵https://t.co/oQkVY8CFoj pic.twitter.com/psS4j1CVk4

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 20, 2021

New outbreak in 44 kids at a middle school in Israel 🇮🇱 with #DeltaVariant, the second such outbreak at a school this week—both Delta. Several fully vaccinated adults also infected at school. 🇮🇱 also recently stop requiring #COVID19 tests upon arrival. 🧵 https://t.co/ikH54y5aSe pic.twitter.com/KyM0JcE5SH

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 20, 2021

10% of all #COVID19 hospitalizations last week were among fully vaccinated, despite >50% adults fully vaccinated in the UK— ➡️ this is the #DeltaVariant, which is 99% of all 🇬🇧 cases. I’m a big 2-dose vaccine advocate—but we still need strong precaution.🧵https://t.co/zeelo0BLhv pic.twitter.com/0W1WHXagrQ

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 20, 2021

If you or anyone you know has been putting off vaccination, now is the time to get it done. The Delta variant is gearing up to tear through parts of the US where vaccination levels are low. It's more contagious than previous variants, so your usual precautions might not be enough https://t.co/MbUXNgCa1J

— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) June 20, 2021

Good news: People who are fully vaccinated, at least with the mRNA vaccines, are likely well-protected against the variants identified so far, including the Delta variant — particularly when it comes to severe illness. We must vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 20, 2021

The Delta variant is a message from the virus: it’s still evolving and could evolve into even more transmissible, deadly, and vaccine-resistant strains. Expanding vaccination globally as quickly as possible will save lives and reduce risk of emergence of new variants.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 20, 2021

The Delta variant is a warning about the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to adapt. Humans must also adapt by urgently expanding vaccination, our most powerful tool.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 20, 2021

The Delta variant is now 30% of all US cases. Please get vaccinated. We can slow this down & save lives. #GetVaccinatedASAP

— Regina Marston (@Marston4ca42) June 20, 2021

The CDC is concerned about the delta variant mutating to a point at which it evades the existing COVID-19 vaccines, Walensky says. https://t.co/G5faKm5CWw

— ABC News (@ABC) June 19, 2021