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UNC expert stresses importance of vaccine as Delta COVID variant gains steam - WRAL.com

UNC expert stresses importance of vaccine as Delta COVID variant gains steam - WRAL.com

UNC expert stresses importance of vaccine as Delta COVID variant gains steam - WRAL.com
Jun 08, 2021 1 min, 23 secs

Few people with COVID vaccines testing positive, winding up in hospitals in North Carolina.

The Delta variant, first identified in India in October 2020, is now listed as a “Variant of Concern” by the World Health Organization

does not do intense tracking of COVID strains, but a CDC report last month shows the Delta variant makes up less than 3% of all variants detected in the U.S

Wohl says UNC Health has not identified any cases of Delta in the U.S

“The Delta variant is going to spread, it's going to, and it's up to us to determine how far and wide," Wohl said

"And in Britain, where they are seeing the Delta variant start to emerge, they are seeing case numbers go up among the unvaccinated

Wohl says that situations like this are exactly why it's so important to get vaccinated

"The good news is, of course, is that when people are vaccinated, they just don't get infected hardly as much," Wohl said

I do think people who are fully vaccinated are well protected and will not get sick from this.”

Wohl says until people around the world are vaccinated, new variants will continue to circulate

“If you're unvaccinated, this is why we're we keep beating the drum, because this is a more probably a more dangerous, more catchy virus, and it's here, and it's gonna look for people like you, that's where it's gonna spread in people who are not vaccinated," he explained

Wohl says this type of preparation isn't anything North Carolinians aren't used to

“We in North Carolina know how to prepare for hurricanes -- this is a storm that's coming," Wohl said

"It's spreading across the world

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