RE:Delta COVID-19 variant challenges Great post @Resilience!
-Your thesis "testing isn't going anywhere soon" is proved by using a lot of different "reliable" ;) sources.
- Integrated active links -> service orientated contribution to DM BB.
Well appreciated.
Great luck to you.
Best
Torlif
Resilience19 wrote: Fox News (a rather far right fringe news source) reports that Delta (Indian) COVID-19 variant doubles risk of hospitalization compared to Alpha strain (https://www.foxnews.com/health/delta-covid-19-variant-doubles-risk-hospitalization-compared-alpha-strain-scottish-study) has become the dominant strain in the UK about a month ago, prompting Boris Johnson (Trump's alter ego) to delay easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures (https://www.foxnews.com/health/uk-extends-covid-19-restrictions-delta-variant).
Meanwhile the Delta variant has been spreading rapidly and is now present in 74 countries (https://newsconcerns.com/delta-variant-of-covid-spreading-rapidly-and-detected-in-74-countries-coronavirus/) and is about to become the dominant strain in the US (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-delta-variant-gottlieb-face-the-nation/), highlighting the continued need to get the second vaccine shots, alongside continued testing (https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-latest-update-from-phe-on-the-delta-variant/).
In short, although the epidemiological situation has been improving, this side of the pond, we're not yet out of the woods and need to remain proactive in addressing the root cause of the virus' dissemination (barrier measures, testing and immunization).
So, as Marshall has alluded to, we'll likely not see short-term reduction in testing.