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Related: About this forumThere is evidence of infections even among the vaccinated in India...is there a new variant?
"Doctors, the public and the media point to anecdotal evidence of infections even among the vaccinated. Scientists say the data is too thin and cite other reasons behind the countrys second wave."
"NEW DELHI At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, a huge facility in the middle of Indias capital, 37 fully vaccinated doctors came down with Covid-19 earlier this month."
"The infections left most with mild symptoms, but it added to their growing fears that the virus behind Indias catastrophic second wave is different. They wonder if a more contagious variant that dodges the immune system could be fueling the epidemic inside the worlds hardest-hit nation."
"So far the evidence is inconclusive, and researchers caution that other factors could explain the viciousness of the outbreak, which has overwhelmed Indias capital so quickly that hospitals are entirely overrun and crematories burn nonstop. Still, the presence of the variant could complicate the taming of Indias Covid-19 disaster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/asia/india-covid19-variant.html#click=https://t.co/UBhglvGMMT
CentralMass
(15,539 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,789 posts)t!
More reason to stay home as much as possible everyone!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)In the U.S. not so much.
JoeOtterbein
(7,789 posts)...jet away from here.
Home is as safe we can be now.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)And try not to hang out with anyone who has flown from there to here.
Honestly, I can't quite understand why flight from India have not been totally shut down recently.
SheltieLover
(59,611 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,240 posts)I flipped to the bottom to see the source, hoping it was something sketchy, not the NYT.
Skittles
(159,374 posts)Link to tweet
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BigmanPigman
(52,259 posts)and that's why I checked out the NYT article.
SunSeeker
(53,664 posts)That's really bad news. That is one nasty new strain.