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Just when it seems like we've contained the pandemic, it comes back with a roundhouse kick to our groins.

The Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S. and around the world. Modeling shows that it now accounts for more than 90 percent of new infections, ccording to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

No wonder. The CDC estimates that Delta can be as infectious as chickenpox and only slightly less contagious than measles, which is considered one of the most transmissible viruses.

"The delta variant is showing every day its willingness to outsmart us and to be an opportunist in areas where we have not shown a fortified response against it," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Walensky said in July.

All of this gave rise to a new meme, called "My Fall plans Vs. the Delta variant" - a painful but relatable and funny take on the ambitious new strain.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mum collects tins. Nothing is ever as advertised, but they do look lovely!

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Delta is very effective; for every person that the original variant would have infected, delta infects three people. A part of the reason why it's so much more contagious is because an infected person with the delta variant carries 1,000 times more virus than they would have with the original strain.

But that's not all. General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., told Bored Panda that many call delta almost a different disease because of the way it seems to affect children.

"One recent study suggested that long Covid with its ongoing symptoms is a very serious problem for children and that it should not be underestimated," Gorfinkel said.

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Most people who catch Covid-19 don't fall severely ill and get better relatively quickly. But a significant number of people have had long-term problems after recovering from the virus - even if they weren't very ill in the first place. That's long Covid.

Guidance for UK health workers describes long covid as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after an infection - severe or mild - and can't be explained by another cause.

According to the NHS, symptoms include:

  • extreme tiredness;
  • shortness of breath, heart palpitations, chest pain or tightness;
  • problems with memory and concentration ("brain fog");
  • changes to taste and smell;
  • joint pain.
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A study by University College London (UCL), identified 200 symptoms affecting 10 organ systems in people with long Covid, at higher levels than in people who were fully recovered.

They include hallucinations, insomnia, hearing and vision changes, short-term memory loss, and speech and language issues. Others have also reported gastro-intestinal and bladder problems, changes to periods, and skin conditions.

How severe these symptoms are varies, but they're definitely not something you'd like to be stuck with yourself or see your loved ones battle.

Gorfinkel said that depending on which study you read, up to 30% of children can be affected by long Covid. "Other estimates are much lower than that. But in any case, even if it's 5% (the traditional number was said with previous variances to have been around 10%), what's frightening is that delta is affecting children whereas with other variants, it was mainly adults who comprised long Covid."

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Long story short, the Delta variant changes the game. And it very well might change our Fall plans too.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww nooo!!! That was so sad! I was so crushed the first time i saw it! I love that movie but this scene is devastating

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

duolingo has found yet another way to remind me to do my daily course!!!!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Come little children, I'll take you away, into a land of enchantment...

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Hugh Willie Mungous
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Julie Andrews - incredibly talented and a superstar. But not a diva and certainly not the delta option.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for the "but seriously". It's all memes and jokes but people are still losing their loved ones! BE SAFE!

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Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

May i just say that this show was great in the first two seasons and went downhill in the last two? There was absolutely no story to continue for 4 seasons and the last episodes were dreadful and painful to watch!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My fall Plan: Series 1 to 7................The delta variant: Series 8

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cap with a beard or Cap without a beard? Both. Both is good.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More ominous if you're living in one of the states with backward governors that have banned the school mask mandate. DeSantis: "My personal opinion is more important than scientific facts. And I have no problem sacrificing people to prove my utter stupidity."

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Lilly Rose Poppy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She deserved better. That one episode where she did bust them but it was just a dream or whatever was kinda sad

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Alice
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's been more than 20 years and yet it's still too soon T_T

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's for basketball fans! The NBA commissioner, David Stern (on the right) blocked the trade that would have made the image on the left possible: Chris Paul to the Lakers to team up with Kobe Bryant.

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Dre Mosley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry, Vito getting busted in the gay bar was hilarious.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

every thing in and with the show went downhill from there... AND SHE DID F*CKIN SELFIE WITH HER OLDSCHOOL PHONE!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hornets are my home team I know Thai has nothing to do with the post just I'm lonely and had no one to tell that to.

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