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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
(15,533 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,786 posts)t!
More reason to stay home as much as possible everyone!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,724 posts)In the U.S. not so much.
JoeOtterbein
(7,786 posts)...jet away from here.
Home is as safe we can be now.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,724 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
(59,587 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,234 posts)I flipped to the bottom to see the source, hoping it was something sketchy, not the NYT.
Skittles
(159,075 posts)Link to tweet
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BigmanPigman
(52,234 posts)and that's why I checked out the NYT article.
SunSeeker
(53,644 posts)That's really bad news. That is one nasty new strain.