7/31 繼續戴口罩

昨天從廣播裏聽到了對FAUCI的采訪。由於DELTA變種病毒，CDC修正了COVID-19的關於口罩令的指導意見：建議即使是接種完疫苗的人群，在室內時仍然需要戴口罩。因為他們可能被病毒傳染，也可能傳播病毒，這與之前的說法不同。我想這一新決定的產生，是由於過去一個月來，在美國各地發生的染疫人數增加都有所增加。染疫的案例很多，其中最受人關注的是發生在麻州，因為群聚而引起的感染事件。看了下，染疫的導火線是七月四日的幾場酒吧慶祝活動。總計60，000多人的聚會者中有600多人被查出被感染，其中74%的感染者是接種過疫苗者。而這600多人中，有五個住院者。這五個住院者中，沒有一個是重症。這五人中，一個接種的是Pfizer疫苗，四人接種的是J&J疫苗。

 

這樣看來，打了疫苗感染機率在1%左右，好在感染也不是重症。還在糾結要不要給兒子打疫苗，再接著想想。過去一年多，在沒接種疫苗前，我一直在上班，采取的措施是室內戴口罩。兒子和我一樣，一直去學校上學，一直保持室內戴口罩。在室內，戴口罩還是最簡單的方法。

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Given the increasing Covid-19 infection rate all of the country and CDC 's new restriction guideline on mask-wearing,  Dr. Fauci was invited to an interview in NPR to answer some quesitons people eager to know the answers from a notable viral expert.

Dr.  Fauci said we are facing a differnent enemy---Delta virus, which is more transmissible, contagious, and having a lot things unknown. The strong transmission of Delta virus is comparable to the infamous chicken pox virus.  when being asked what's the point of getting vaccination since people still may have chances of  infection. Dr. Fauci said " Yes, there are still chances of getting infection, but the syptoms will be much milder, it will not be as severe as the people who are not being vaccinated. 

 

After further research, I found the infection rate of Delta virus for fully vaccined people is sightly above 1%, not quite bad. The rate is caculated from the most striking gethering events happened in Massachusetts on July 4th celebration. In a few indoor getherings involving more than 60k people, over 600 people were tested COVID-19 positive.  of all the 600+ people, 74% are fully vaccined people, which sounded very scary! Of all the 600 plus infected people, 5 people were hospitalized. And among them, none was in server situation.  Surprisely they even exposed the vaccines the 5 people got. one got Pfizer, four got J&J. Then onbody want J&J, I guess.