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Old 08-03-2021, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Robbie0723 View Post
Delta just dramatically pushed the herd immunity threshold higher.

And immunized individuals can still be carriers.
But according to the CDC, those who have had Covid are much less likely to be reinfected. So if the Delta strain is much more contagious and less deadly, we will actually reach herd immunity quicker…