Delta Variant
The article purposefully conflates numbers to tell a narrative. I am talking only about EU, and at that southern EU which is where I&#x27;ve been following the numbers closely. Delta variant has been acting for up to 1 month in some regions, and as described in the article yes cases are up very quickly. However, the article says:<p>&gt; COVID deaths [...] And if you think Europe or the US will be spared<p>This is not reflected <i>at all</i> with the current numbers and the author is mixing deaths in one country with infections in another. There hasn&#x27;t been even a single uptick of deaths in EU so far that I&#x27;ve seen, and we are past the potential 2+ week delay from cases to deaths so if it was of importance for EU, we&#x27;d see a massive climb in death graphs. That is just not happening, so regarding deaths this seems, so far, not to be a concern at all for highly vaccinated countries.<p>Yes there are <i>many</i> other concerns for which we want to avoid more infections (saturation of hospitals, potential for more mutations, etc.) which are worth discussing, but this article is instead just conflating numbers. See a comparison taken 2 days ago of &quot;infections&quot; vs &quot;deaths&quot; in Spain, which includes this delta wave:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;A9VFS4G" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;A9VFS4G</a>