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Sep 1, 2023 · It’s estimated that Delta caused more than twice as many infections as previous variants—in Connecticut, it was estimated to have been 80 to 90% more transmissible than the Alpha variant. In the U.S., in June 2021, after a steady decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the arrival of Delta coincided with a rapid reversal of that ...
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Oct 18, 2021 · Some experts believe breakthrough infections are likelier after exposure to the Delta variant than to prior forms of the virus. Even when more recent data becomes available, however, it still is ...
- Apoorva Mandavilli
- A Year ago, Optimism Was in The Air
- A Familiar Undercurrent of Partisan Division
- New Variants and New Problems
- Imagining The New Normal
Biden won the White House in part because the public saw him as more qualified than former President Donald Trump to address the pandemic. In a January 2021 survey, a majority of registered voters said a major reasonwhy Trump lost the election was that his administration did not do a good enough job handling the coronavirus outbreak. At least initi...
Even if the national mood seemed to be improving last spring, the partisan divides that became so apparent in the first year of the pandemicdid not subside. If anything, they intensified and moved into new arenas. Masks and vaccines remained two of the most high-profile areas of contention. In February 2021, Republicans were only 10 percentage poin...
The decline in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths that took place last spring and summer was so encouraging that Biden announced in a July 4 speechthat the nation was “closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus.” But the arrival of two new variants – first delta and then omicron – proved Biden’s assessment pr...
As the third year of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak approaches, Americans increasingly appear willing to accept pandemic life as the new reality. Large majorities of adults now say they are comfortable doing a variety of everyday activities, including visiting friends and family inside their home (85%), going to the grocery store (84%), going to a h...
Jun 30, 2020 · COVID-19: The first six months. This story is one in a series looking at the first six months of the pandemic. The U.S. largely wasted time bought by COVID-19 lockdowns. Now what? Why COVID-19 is...
Jul 1, 2021 · CNN — The Delta variant of the coronavirus is worrying officials around the world. Four major Australian cities went into a four-day “circuit-breaker” lockdown this week to try and stop it from...
Mar 17, 2021 · A Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The outbreak of the virus has sickened more than 80 million people. At least 1.7 million people have died. Here’s how the year unfolded. A group of ...
Jul 22, 2021 · July 22, 20213:09 PM ET. Laurel Wamsley. Enlarge this image. A medical assistant administers a coronavirus test last week in Los Angeles. COVID-19 cases are on the rise as the highly...
