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BigmanPigman

(52,269 posts)
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 11:25 PM Apr 2021

There is evidence of infections even among the vaccinated in India...is there a new variant?

"Doctors, the public and the media point to anecdotal evidence of infections even among the vaccinated. Scientists say the data is too thin and cite other reasons behind the country’s second wave."

"NEW DELHI — At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, a huge facility in the middle of India’s capital, 37 fully vaccinated doctors came down with Covid-19 earlier this month."

"The infections left most with mild symptoms, but it added to their growing fears that the virus behind India’s catastrophic second wave is different. They wonder if a more contagious variant that dodges the immune system could be fueling the epidemic inside the world’s hardest-hit nation."

"So far the evidence is inconclusive, and researchers caution that other factors could explain the viciousness of the outbreak, which has overwhelmed India’s capital so quickly that hospitals are entirely overrun and crematories burn nonstop. Still, the presence of the variant could complicate the taming of India’s Covid-19 disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/asia/india-covid19-variant.html#click=https://t.co/UBhglvGMMT



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There is evidence of infections even among the vaccinated in India...is there a new variant? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Apr 2021 OP
:-( CentralMass Apr 2021 #1
Oh, ...( JoeOtterbein Apr 2021 #2
If you are in India, yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #3
India is only a... JoeOtterbein Apr 2021 #4
Don't fly there. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #5
The double variant from India IS in the States SheltieLover Apr 2021 #6
Damn SCantiGOP Apr 2021 #7
is this what they mean by anecdotal? Skittles Apr 2021 #8
I read her posts a lot and read that one today BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #9
37 vaxxed doctors at one hospital got Covid-19? Holy shit. SunSeeker Apr 2021 #10

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,729 posts)
5. Don't fly there.
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 11:53 PM
Apr 2021

And try not to hang out with anyone who has flown from there to here.

Honestly, I can't quite understand why flight from India have not been totally shut down recently.

SunSeeker

(53,689 posts)
10. 37 vaxxed doctors at one hospital got Covid-19? Holy shit.
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 03:08 AM
Apr 2021

That's really bad news. That is one nasty new strain.

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