Former FDA commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb warned on Sunday (above) that Delta is likely to become dominant in the U.S. and warned of a potential epidemic in the fall
* The Delta variant, which first originated in India, currently makes up about 10% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
* However, the CDC has still not classified the strain as a 'variant of concern' and merely refers to it as a 'variant of interest'
* In the UK, the variant now makes up 90% of cases, and nearly one-third of the 42 Britons who have died from the mutant had received two vaccine doses
* Former FDA commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb warned that Delta is likely to become dominant in the U.S. and warned of a potential epidemic in the fall
* Indian authorities have referred to it as a 'double mutant' because it has two mutations on parts of the virus that help it hook onto our cells
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still has not classified the Delta coronavirus strain as a 'variant of concern' even as it spreads across the U.S.
The variant, which was first identified in India and is known as B.1.617.2, currently makes up about 10 percent of all COVID-19 infections in America, up from six percent last week.
Despite evidence that it is highly transmissible as it ravages the UK, the CDC continues to call the mutant simply a 'variant of interest,' which means it is only 'suspected' to be more contagious rather than confirmed to be so.
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More News On The Rise Of The Delta Covid Variant In The U.S.
Gottlieb says Delta virus variant likely to become dominant U.S. strain -- CBS
Delta COVID-19 variant 'probably going to become' dominant strain in US, Gottlieb says -- FOX News
A new coronavirus variant is on the rise. Here's why experts are concerned -- CNN
