Delta variant will cause Covid surges in less-vaccinated US regions, Fauci says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/03/fauci-delta-variant-cases-vaccines

Delta variant will cause Covid surges in less-vaccinated US regions, Fauci says

Martin Pengelly in Washington

Sun 4 Jul 2021 06.00 BST

The US will see surges in cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in areas where vaccination rates are low, Anthony Fauci has predicted.

The chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden was speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press in an interview to be broadcast in full on Sunday.
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Asked if it was more lethal than other variants and if he was concerned it could cause a spike in cases as businesses and society reopen, Fauci told NBC: “I don’t think you’re going to be seeing anything nationwide, because fortunately we have a substantial proportion of the population vaccinated. So it’s going to be regional.”
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“We’re going to see … almost two types of America,” he said. “You know, those regions of America which are highly vaccinated and we have a low level of dynamics of infection. “And in some places, some states, some cities, some areas, where the level of vaccination is low and the level of virus dissemination is high – that’s where you’re going to see the spikes.”
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