Current Events > Australia Finds Delta Covid-19 Variant Transmits In Less Than 10 Seconds

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https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2021/06/25/australia-finds-delta-covid-19-variant-transmits-in-less-than-10-seconds/

Australian government officials have warned how easily the Delta coronavirus variant spreads, in mere seconds, after fleeting encounters between strangers at a mall in the state of New South Wales resulted in transmission of the disease. New South Wales premier Gladys Berijiklian described the encounters as scarily fleeting after CCTV footage showed the transfer of the virus between two people who briefly walked past each other while shopping at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney. Literally people not even physically touching each other but fleetingly coming into the same airspace has seen the virus transfer from one person to another, the premier said, as reported by local media ABC News. Thats how contagious it is. Dr Jeannette Young, chief health officer of Queensland, similarly highlighted the speed and ease of the spread of the Delta variant with very fleeting contact in some cases.

If you remember at the start of this pandemic, I spoke about 15 minutes of close contact being a concern, she was quoted saying. Now, it looks like its five to 10 seconds. Thats a concern. The risk is so much higher now than it was only a year ago. New South Wales health minister Brad Hazzard further illustrated the variant as a gold medalist when it comes to jumping from one person to the other, as quoted by The Guardian. Visual proof of the transmission has prompted health authorities to request those who were at the Sydney mall on June 12 and 13 to get tested for Covid-19 and minimise their movement. Dr Young announced Wednesday that Queensland would shut its borders to people from Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour as the state expanded its list of hotspots.



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that's faster than the speed I transmit into my wife

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It's a wonder it hasn't already ravaged through the US by now.
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ffs

here we go again australia

wish i got a kitten before the sydney lockdown. now i dunno when i can get one

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Do the vaccines we had before (particularly the Moderna since that's the one I got) work on this variant? Or am I locking my ass inside for another several months?
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ModLogic posted...

ffs

here we go again australia

wish i got a kitten before the sydney lockdown. now i dunno when i can get one

I got a pup two months ago so I'm good :)


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Bill Gates help us. We need more of your serum.

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Mist_Turnips posted...

It's a wonder it hasn't already ravaged through the US by now.

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Lebronwon posted...

CCTV footage showed the transfer of the virus

wat

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GallisOTK posted...

Do the vaccines we had before (particularly the Moderna since that's the one I got) work on this variant? Or am I locking my ass inside for another several months?

Slightly less effective than against other variants, but still very effective. You're maybe a bit more at risk of getting mildly sick (and importantly, a bit more at risk of transmitting the virus to others), though if you're vaccinated you're still very, very unlikely to get seriously sick from the delta variant.

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Delta Variant is basically the Indian Variant right?

Does that mean its reasonable to want to avoid indian looking people in case they possibly recently came from overseas or were in close contact with people who came from overseas

toyota posted...

Delta Variant is basically the Indian Variant right?

The term "Indian variant" collectively referred to Kappa (B.1.617.1), Delta (B.1.617.2) and B.1.617.3 (no Greek-letter name).

Does that mean its reasonable to want to avoid indian looking people in case they possibly recently came from overseas or were in close contact with people who came from overseas

Dot dot fucking dot.

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toyota posted...

Delta Variant is basically the Indian Variant right?

it's the country of origin on the virus (india)
vaccines are holding up. though those people who didn't get vaccinated will pay a terrible price if somehow one person is infected.
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He's a well known troll

Ignore, don't engage
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