New York Magazine: “The most hopeful and encouraging facts about the Delta surge were even harder to find in the coverage. The first is that, thanks to widespread vaccination of the elderly, however fast this disease spreads it will ultimately inflict a much, much smaller death toll than earlier waves, because vaccination has probably eliminated 90 percent or more of the country’s total COVID-19 mortality risk.”
“The second is that, in those countries with roughly comparable vaccination rates to the U.S., the surge has already peaked and begun a rapid decline, suggesting that such a turn here is possible — or even quite likely — within a few weeks.”
Frustrated with the media coverage, White House adviser Ben Wakana tweets: “Vaccinated people do not transmit the virus at the same rate as unvaccinated and if you fail to include that context you’re doing it wrong.”
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