> It also says that in addition to being more contagious, the delta variant likely increases the risk of severe disease and hospitalization, compared with the original strain.
Hold on, hospitalization and severe disease and death are completely different things. This is a disingenuous use of this article.
I mean, mono is severe (tired for months potentially), but not deadly. A burst appendix requires hospitalization and is a severe medical emergency, but is not deadly in the developed world. We can go on...
"hospitalization and severe disease and death are completely different things."
So you're claiming hospitalization, severe illness, and death are not correlated at all w/r to prior of COVID-19 diagnosis? How does that work? Do you have the numbers to back this up? I'd love to see them.
This is false, and has already happened with COVID-19's delta variant.
"in addition to being more contagious, the delta variant likely increases the risk of severe disease and hospitalization, compared with the original strain." - https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1022580439/a-cdc-internal-rep...