Your Healthy Family: The COVID delta variant, what you need to know

Researchers still have a lot to learn about the Delta variant.

However, they do know that is it quickly spreading among unvaccinated individuals and can be quite severe for older adults.

In today's your healthy fanews all week has been thedelta variant.

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The delta vasimilar to the other variaconcerned it's more transmtrying to figure out if itor not.

But the big concerthat if one person gets itcould spread it to more peis the director of microbiclinic.

He says researcherto learn about the delta vknow that it is quickly spindividuals and can be quiappear to be slightly diffto notice more headache, snose, much like you'd seeDr Rhodes says if you haveyet, now's a good time andnot be completely foolprooyour risk for hospitalizatis that if they do get infbeen vaccinated, their disto be severe.

It looks likgood at preventing severealso very good at preventiDr Rhodes adds, even thougand case numbers overall ahe does expect to see anotis the Delta very continue